Emperor PG-13
After the war was won, the battle for peace began.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 13, 2013
- Originally Released: 2012
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Matthew Fox & Tommy Lee Jones | |
Performer: | Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida & Kaori Momoi | |
Directed by | Peter Webber | |
Edited by | Chris Plummer | |
Screenplay by | David Klass & Vera Blasi | |
Composition by | Alex Heffes | |
Cinematography by | Stuart Dryburgh |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/4 --
Emperor falls prey to the temptations endemic to historical docudrama: the desire to pack a miniseries' worth of events into one feature-length film, with romance tossed in for added appeal.
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Toronto Star
Half crinoline romance, half crusty military-history lesson.
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Variety
Tommy Lee Jones plays Gen. Douglas MacArthur as a gruffly literate conqueror-statesman...and Matthew Fox is all square-jawed silent cunning as Gen. Bonner Fellers...
Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- Peter Webber's post-WW2 yarn finds Tommy Lee Jones' General MacArthur in the horns of a dilemma.
Total Film
Rating: 2/5 --
Emperor is dutiful, patient and almost entirely without flair.
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Guardian
Rating: 2/5 --
The history is sketchy, the central questions unresolved, the romance is tepid and [Matthew] Fox is a weak, uninteresting lead.
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Metro (UK)
Rating: 2/5 --
The solid performances fail to elevate the tedious storytelling.
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CineVue
Product Description:
With the entire globe still in shock following World War II, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) and his aide Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) arrive in a devastated Japan on a sensitive mission to determine whether beloved Japanese emperor Hirohito should be tried and executed for war crimes in this historical drama from director Peter Webber (GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, HANNIBAL RISING). During his investigation, Gen. Fellers experiences an emotional reunion with his long-lost lover Aya (Eriko Hatsune), a former Japanese exchange student who taught him about her nation's culture and customs. When Aya goes missing over the course of his inquiry, he embarks on an arduous quest to find her that not only opens his eyes to the destruction that has befallen the once-proud country, but also helps to inform the monumental decision he must make.
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