Reviews for Emperor

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6.1 / 10 1h 45min

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.

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Review by user425u7tl6mhn

LOST's Dr. Jack tapped to save another messed up island . . .

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Review by user191iekylbku

Well worth a watch, but its still fiction

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Review by user86vbgg4s5z

A Strangely Haunting Movie Narrating an Actual Event in American History

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Review by user59320eup11p

Textbook example how to deal with a sensitive historical issue

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Review by user435q3ogbeh3

Very very interesting but Tommy Lee Jones is miscast

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Review by user2239nyjj55l

'To understand Japan, you must understand Devotion.'

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Review by user594qsm9sbvz

An intimate and criminally underrated war drama.

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Review by user761qxd6a7kp

An enjoyable, if a bit dry, historical film

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Review by user74au8urxw6

Good back ground for a book I'm reading

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Review by user2648r5jo46g

A Thoughtful Look at Justice vs. Political Pragmatism in Post-war Japan

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Review by user9781khosuzc

An analysis of the psychology of the Japanese and the Americans as the conquerors decide on the fate of the Emperor

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Review by CosmicCamel

we need more historical movies like this

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Review by user746tw7fhb5a

Stately yarn, obscure but engaging

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Review by user416schw9c0m

Emperor amazing film. Staring Tommy Lee Jones

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Review by user493uqoyq5ck

Compelling and Thought Provoking

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