Emperor

A FILM BY Peter Webber

Nobody does hardass better than Tommy Lee Jones. Nobody.

- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Powerful. Tommy Lee Jones is remarkable.

- Pete Hammond, Movieline

Un drame historique ambitieux.

- Marc-André Lussier, La Presse

Synopsis

Based on true events, Emperor brings to life the secret maneuvers that won peace in post-WWII Japan. General Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones), now the de facto ruler of the devastated and hostile Empire, is faced with a difficult mission that will decide Japan’s fate. To help him he assigns an expert in Japanese culture—and psychological warfare—General Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox), to covertly investigate the looming question: should the Japanese Emperor, worshiped by his people but accused of war crimes, be punished or saved?