The Emperor in August
In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
Emperor
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.
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Masato Harada
Director
Masahiro Motoki
as
Emperor Showa
Tôri Matsuzaka
as
Hatanaka, army major
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as
Prime Minister Suzuki
Hajime Inoue
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Soemu Toyoda
Peter Webber
Director
Will Wallace
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CIC Commander
Tommy Lee Jones
as
General Douglas MacArthur
Masatô Ibu
as
Koichi Kido
Kaori Momoi
as
Mitsuko Kajima
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