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About
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.
Theatrical
Mar 8, 2013
Box Office
$14.9M
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 13, 2013
Director
Writers
Vera Blasi, David Klass
Producers
Music
Studio
Fellers Film, Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment, United Performers' Studio
Quotes
See all →The Struggle for Lasting Peace After War
Taglines
After the War was won, the battle for Peace began.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Deciding Japan's Fate After World War II
Taglines
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.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →M
Matthew Fox
General Bonner Fellers
T
Tommy Lee Jones
General Douglas MacArthur
E
Eriko Hatsune
Aya Shimada
M
Masayoshi Haneda
Takahashi
K
Kaori Momoi
Mitsuko Kajima
T
Toshiyuki Nishida
General Kajima
C
Colin Moy
General Richter
M
Masatô Ibu
Koichi Kido
I
Isao Natsuyagi
Teizaburo Sekiya
T
Takatarô Kataoka
Emperor Hirohito
A
Aaron Jackson
Lt Col. Rogers
N
Nic Sampson
Lt. Red
W
Will Wallace
CIC Commander
K
Kelson Henderson
Adjutant to MacArthur
T
Takanori Higuchi
Head Palace Guard
S
Shōhei Hino
Hideki Tojo
