REVIEW - Emperor

As WWII in the Pacific came to an end - post-Hiroshima and post-Nagasaki - General Douglas MacArthur, played by Tommy Lee Jones, is placed in charge of rebuilding Japan. 

In a country devastated by heavy bombing, he gives General Fellers, played by Matthew Fox, the job of determining whether Japanese ruler Emperor Hirohito should be given the death sentence for his part in taking Japan to war.

The fact that this was making Fellers a potential scapegoat for a decision that was either going to be unpopular with the Americans back home, or even more unpopular with the Japanese - because they considered Hirohito to be a God - was not lost on Fellers.

Alongside this main, true to the facts story, Fellers was also looking for a Japanese woman he had fallen in love with when he lived in Japan prior to the war.

This was a well-made, involving film, that wasn't quite the thriller the trailers would have one believe. Nevertheless, if you enjoy your history told big, you'll enjoy this film.