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A Balasaur Score of 54 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 31%, Metacritic 48/100. Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,719 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
289 audience votes
Key crew
- Vera BlasiScreenplay
- David KlassScreenplay
- Peter WebberDirector
- Alex HeffesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Matthew FoxGeneral Bonner Fellers
- Tommy Lee JonesGeneral Douglas MacArthur
- Eriko HatsuneAya Shimada
- Masayoshi HanedaTakahashi
- Kaori MomoiMitsuko Kajima
- Toshiyuki NishidaGeneral Kajima
- Colin MoyGeneral Richter
- Masatô IbuKoichi Kido
- Isao NatsuyagiTeizaburo Sekiya
- Takatarô KataokaEmperor Hirohito
- Aaron JacksonLt Col. Rogers
- Nic SampsonLt. Red
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Themes
atomic bombemperorbased on true storyjapanese surrenderus military1940sgeneral douglas macarthurhirohito