Emperor

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Call Number: Blu-ray Drama Emperor
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Based on His majesty's salvation by Shiro Okamoto.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: Deleted scenes ; Audio commentary with director and producer ; The making of Emperor ; Theatrical trailer ; Behind the scenes photo gallery.
Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, Kaori Momoi.
Immediately after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender, General MacArthur suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. He challenges his expert on Japanese culture, General Fellers to provide evidence in ten short days to decide if the Japanese Emperor, worshiped as a god by his people but accused of war crimes, should be punished or saved, as the fate of a nation waits.
Blu-ray; widescreen; 1080p high definition; 5.1 DTS-HD MA; requires Blu-ray player.
Contents: His majesty's salvation.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Interesting and engaging submitted by steveiew on July 19, 2020, 5:28pm It was interesting to learn about post war Japan. I don't know how historically accurate the movie is but it is at least based on true events.