Emperor (2012)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

After the war was won, the battle for peace began.

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

• Released: 2012-09-14
• Genres: Drama, History, War
• Runtime: 1h 45m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.2/10 from 292 votes

Directed by Peter Webber.

Top cast

• Matthew Fox as General Bonner Fellers
• Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur
• Eriko Hatsune as Aya Shimada
• Masayoshi Haneda as Takahashi
• Kaori Momoi as Mitsuko Kajima
• Toshiyuki Nishida as General Kajima
• Colin Moy as General Richter
• Masatô Ibu as Koichi Kido
• Isao Natsuyagi as Teizaburo Sekiya
• Takatarô Kataoka as Emperor Hirohito

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Emperor

• United States: stream on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Plex, Xumo Play, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube

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