The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
70 audience votes
Key crew
- Yuriy ArabovWriter
- Jeremy NobleWriter
- Aleksandr SokurovDirector
Cast
- Issey OgataEmperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
- Robert DawsonGeneral Douglas MacArthur
- Kaori MomoiEmpress Kojun
- Shiro SanoThe chamberlain
- Dmitriy PodnozovCast
- Shinmei TsujiOld servant
- Taijirō Tamurascientist
- Georgi Pitskhelaurimidshipman
- Hiroya MoritaSuzuki, Prime Minister
- Toshiaki NishizawaYonai, Minister of the Navy
- Naomasa MusakaAnami, Minister of the War
- Kōjirō KusanagiTogo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Themes
world war iibiographyjapanese surrender1940sgeneral douglas macarthurhistory of japanjapanese emperorhirohito