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Following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) must determine whether Emperor Hirohito should be hanged as a war criminal.
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Despite a typically strong performance from Tommy Lee Jones, Emperor does little with its fascinating historical palate, and is instead bogged down in a cliched romantic subplot.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk The history is sketchy, the central questions unresolved, the romance is tepid and [Matthew] Fox is a weak, uninteresting lead. Rated: 2/5 Sep 6, 2017 Full Review Donald Clarke Irish Times Emperor will do well enough. But if you want a more nuanced take on the same events, check out Alexander Sokurov's extraordinary The Sun Rated: 3/5 Oct 11, 2013 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Hokey monologues about the finger of historical blame are interspersed with perfume-ad flashbacks to idyllic days of love; you half expect Andrew Lloyd Webber to descend from on high to provide a few touching show tunes. Rated: 2/5 Oct 6, 2013 Full Review Katie Smith-Wong Flick Feast Emperor is ultimately let down by the uninspiring plot and mostly weak performances. Rated: 1/5 Nov 21, 2019 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com While this sounds like a deliriously ripe scenario for intrigue and melodrama, Webber's film contains neither, instead deciding to saddle it with a deadening war time romance. Aug 8, 2019 Full Review Amon Warmann CineVue The solid performances fail to elevate the tedious storytelling. Rated: 2/5 Mar 5, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Andy M Interesting topic for a film. If you have a special interest in WW2, Japanese history or Historical movies in general then it's worth a watch. However don't expect to be on the edge of your seat or even to be all that entertained. The film has a B story line about General Fellas' pre war relationship with a Japanese national, very boring and ultimately didn't seem to enhance the film in anyway, it almost seemed like they added it in to pad the movie out. Ultimately it's wasn't a bad film. Just a bit dull. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Bulgantamir B I liked the main idea of ​​the movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Бавуу Э Following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) must determine whether Emperor Hirohito should be hanged as a war criminal. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Bahad j I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/05/24 Full Review Bryce R If you love history than this movie is for you! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/24 Full Review Rian N It just alright. Learned something new about the Japan history with Emperor. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) must determine whether Emperor Hirohito should be hanged as a war criminal.
Director
Peter Webber
Producer
Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, Yôko Narahashi, Eugene Nomura
Screenwriter
Vera Blasi, David Klass
Distributor
Lionsgate Films, Roadside Attractions
Production Co
Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Smoking (Historical)|Brief Strong Language|Violent Content)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 8, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 15, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.3M
Runtime
1h 46m
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