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Name: Emperor
Released: 2013-3-8
Cast: Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda, Toshiyuki Nishida

Emperor

PG-13
1h 46m
2013

31%

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A gripping tale of love and honor forged between fierce enemies of war, inspired by true events and starring Matthew Fox and Academy Award®-winner Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur. Immediately after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender, General MacArthur (Jones) suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. He challenges his expert on Japanese culture - General Fellers (Fox) - to provide evidence in 10 short days to decide if the Japanese Emperor, worshipped as a god by his people but accused of war crimes, should be punished or saved. The fate of a nation awaits…

Director:

Peter Webber

Producer:

Yoko Narahashi, Gary Foster, Eugene Nomura, Russ Krasnoff

Writer:

David Klass, Vera Blasi

Cast:

Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda, Toshiyuki Nishida

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

31%

Critics Consensus: 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.

Reviews

Flick Feast

Katie Smith-Wong

Emperor is ultimately let down by the uninspiring plot and mostly weak performances.

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.

The solid performances fail to elevate the tedious storytelling.

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Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Josh Terry

Emperor isn't a slow film, but it takes its time, focusing more on the nuance of the investigation and the deconstruction of its social message instead of pushing for high drama.

The history is sketchy, the central questions unresolved, the romance is tepid and [Matthew] Fox is a weak, uninteresting lead.

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Additional Info

Genre:Drama
Release Date:March 8, 2013
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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