Emperor 2012 - General Douglas MacArthur Arrives in Japan WW2
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 (Jones),
the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander
of the occupying forces, a leading Japanese expert,
General Bonner Fellers (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.
