Japan 1945: General Douglas MacArthur was given a mission to decide the fate of a nation, the guilt of a leader, and the true price of peace.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masayoshi Haneda, Kaori Momoi, Colin Moy |
Director |
Peter Webber |
Screenplay | Vera Blasi, David Klass, from the book by Shiro Okamoto |
Music | Alex Heffes |
Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
Editing | Chris Plummer |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2012 |
Produced by | Krasnoff Foster Productions, Fellers Film, United Performer's Studio |
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Moderate, occasional |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Moderate impact, occasional |
Prejudice | Low impact, occasional |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | Moderate impact, frequent |
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Suggested age limit 14 + |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi | 10 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers The effort to put a personal face on the major issue of occupation is as timely as Iraq and Afghanistan, but the execution is clumsy and cliché-ridden. | 13 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs With production values that indicate a fairly small budget, a languid pace that could nearly cure insomnia and a waste of historical material ripe for the picking, Emperor isn't bad enough to warrant any call for cinematic hara-kiri. But it does mean that the film earns just a 4 out of 10 score. | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 32 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 86 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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. | 6 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 5024 Netizens Compelling and Thought Provoking | 13 | |
Average .. 50% | 10 |