7.5
Empire of the Sun
1987
After the war was won, the battle for peace began.
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.
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.
Matthew FoxGeneral Bonner Fellers
Tommy Lee JonesGeneral Douglas MacArthur
Eriko HatsuneAya Shimada
Masayoshi HanedaTakahashi
Kaori MomoiMitsuko Kajima
Toshiyuki NishidaGeneral Kajima
Colin MoyGeneral Richter
Masatô IbuKoichi Kido
Isao NatsuyagiTeizaburo Sekiya
Takatarô KataokaEmperor Hirohito
Aaron JacksonLt Col. Rogers
Nic SampsonLt. Red
Will WallaceCIC Commander
Kelson HendersonAdjutant to MacArthur
Takanori HiguchiHead Palace Guard
Shōhei HinoHideki Tojo
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An ambitious attempt to describe a very important problem facing MacArthur when he became Supreme Commander over Japan: should he drag the emperor to a war crime tribunal in order to appease politicians back home in the US who felt that the voters wanted it, or should he be more concerned about restoring Japan as quickly as possible to ensure that communism didn't get a foothold there?<br/> Unfortunately, the story misses many opportunities to more deeply explore cultural differences and moral dilemmas, and instead is filled with several distracting short scenes and sidelines that confuse rather than enlighten.<br/> It could have been a great film, but now it's just decent.
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