So before I get into the review this is just a note about the direction this blog will be heading into for the foreseeable future. This week will be all modern movie reviews, for the purposes of this blog "modern" means any movie released from 1995 to present day. I will be doing a "Modern Monday" review every Monday from here on out.
With that being said let's do this:
Emperor (2012)
Plot Summary
A story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and
uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender
at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur
(Tommy Lee Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the
occupying forces, a leading Japanese expert, General Bonner Fellers
(Mathew Fox) is charged with reaching a decision of historical importance:
should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal?
Interwoven is the story of Fellers' love affair with Aya, a Japanese
exchange student he had met years previously in the U.S. Memories of Aya
and his quest to find her in the ravaged post-war landscape help
Fellers to discover both his wisdom and his humanity and enable him to
come to the momentous decision that changed the course of history and
the future of two nations.