Emperor (2012)

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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 290 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 Philo, Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, 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: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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