Emperor
In the wake of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II, Gen. Fellers must decide whether Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. His decision is swayed by a personal quest to locate Aya, the exchange student he met years earlier in the United States.
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Peter Webber
Kristin Witcombe
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TomStensson
An ambitious attempt to describe a very important problem facing MacArthur when he became Supreme Commander over Japan: should he drag the emperor to a war crime tribunal in order to appease politicians back home in the US who felt that the voters wanted it, or should he be more concerned about restoring Japan as quickly as possible to ensure that communism didn't get a foothold there?<br/> Unfortunately, the story misses many opportunities to more deeply explore cultural differences and moral dilemmas, and instead is filled with several distracting short scenes and sidelines that confuse rather than enlighten.<br/> It could have been a great film, but now it's just decent.
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