Emperor

Synopsis

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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Cast

Matthew Fox

General Bonner Fellers

Tommy Lee Jones

General Douglas MacArthur

Eriko Hatsune

Aya Shimada

Masayoshi Haneda

Takahashi

Kaori Momoi

Mitsuko Kajima

Toshiyuki Nishida

General Kajima

Colin Moy

General Richter

Masatô Ibu

Koichi Kido

Isao Natsuyagi

Teizaburo Sekiya

Takatarô Kataoka

Emperor Hirohito

Aaron Jackson

Lt Col. Rogers

Nic Sampson

Lt. Red

Will Wallace

CIC Commander

Kelson Henderson

Adjutant to MacArthur

Takanori Higuchi

Head Palace Guard

Shōhei Hino

Hideki Tojo

Crew

Art

• Todd Smythe Construction Coordinator
• Daniel Birt Set Decoration
• Helen Strevens Set Designer
• Jill Cormack Art Direction
• Sam Storey Assistant Art Director
• Grant Major Production Design
• Nick Connor Set Designer
• Matt Cornelius Property Master

Camera

• Stuart Dryburgh Director of Photography
• Ulric Raymond Camera Operator
• Kirsty Griffin Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Ngila Dickson Costume Design
• Claire Rutledge Hairstylist
• Jenny Rushton Costume Supervisor
• Nicky Barron Set Costumer
• Hayley Atherton Hairstylist

Crew

• Allan Poppleton Stunt Coordinator
• Diana Goulding Unit Publicist
• Alyx Duncan Choreographer
• Troy Hannett Scenic Artist
• Linda Musson Transportation Coordinator
• Wade Hannett Scenic Artist
• Jacob Tomuri Stunts
• Stuart Thorp Stunt Driver

Directing

• Peter Webber Director
• Kristin Witcombe Script Supervisor

Editing

• Peter Skarratt First Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Sean O'Neill Gaffer
• John Enright Rigging Gaffer

Production

• Gary Foster Producer
• Russ Krasnoff Producer
• Yoko Narahashi Producer
• Eugene Nomura Producer
• Jane Jenkins Casting
• Yoko Narahashi Casting
• Tina Cleary Casting
• Simon Ambridge Production Manager
• Mike Holloway Location Manager

Sound

• Toby Lloyd Sound Recordist
• Gilbert Lake Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• John Simpson Foley
• Nigel Scott Music Editor
• Lora Hirschberg Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Tim Prebble Sound Designer
• Matthew Lambourn Sound Effects Editor
• Alex Heffes Original Music Composer
• Jim Petrak Additional Sound Re-Recordist
• Nicolas Williams Sound Recordist

Visual Effects

• Paul Glubb Visual Effects Producer
• Ineke Majoor Visual Effects Producer
• Julian Dimsey Visual Effects Supervisor
• Shane Hall Animation
• Dean Elliott Animation

Writing

• Vera Blasi Screenplay
• David Klass Screenplay

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