Japan Synopsis
“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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Emperor. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + History in Japan
82 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Emperor itself).
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
In the crowded 2011-2013 Japan release window, Emperor sits at #387 of 482. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Emperor premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2662nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
227 audience reviews — more than 87% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 73th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Emperor, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- japanese surrender · 4
- us military · 3
- hirohito · 3
- general douglas macarthur · 1
- emperor · 16
- atomic bomb · 13
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,689 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (19th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,619 of 1,933 (top 84%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Fellers Film, Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment, United Performers' Studio |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | September 14, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2103264 |