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Summary 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.

Emperor
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 33 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 29 User Ratings
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Summary 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.

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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9% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
11 Reviews
58% Mixed
19 Reviews
9% Negative
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45% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 29 User Ratings
6.0
38% Positive
11 Ratings
45% Mixed
13 Ratings
17% Negative
5 Ratings

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Production Company Krasnoff Foster Productions, Envision Casting, Fellers Film, Shochiku, United Performers' Studio
Release Date Mar 8, 2013
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Japan 1945: General Douglas MacArthur was given a mission to decide the fate of a nation, the guilt of a leader, and the true price of peace.
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 Nomination