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.
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Emperor sits at position #387.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Emperor. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Emperor premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |