Emperor (2012). drama set in post WWII Japan about the investigation the role of Emperor Hirohito in World War II, in order to establish if he should be tried as a war criminal along with Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and his criminal gang of militarists. stars Tommy Lee Jones as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and Matthew Fox as Brigadier General Bonner Fellers who headed up the investigation. somewhat interesting piece of history because I had always thought MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the occupation had just arbitrarily decided to keep Hirohito as a "figure head" to help stabilize Japanese politics.
decent acting and story esp by Tommy Lee Jones as MacArthur BUT goes off on a tangent with Matthew Fox as Fellers searching for his long lost Japanese girlfriend he had met in College in the early 1930's in America and later visited in pre-WWII Japan. kind of wasted a full third of the films 105 minutes running time. worth watching IF you are a WWII history buff OR a huge Tommy Lee Jones fan. otherwise it's . plays again on EPIX1 Wednesday Feb 19th