Isao Natsuyagi

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.

İkinci Dünya Savaşı arefesinde Mançurya ve Kore Japonya'nın işgali altında iken, işgal kuvvetlerinden bir albayın torunu olan Tatsuo Hasegawa ailesiyle birlikte Kore'ye büyükbabasını yanına gelir. Albayın evinde hizmetkarlık yapan Kim ailesinin oğlu da Jun-shik Kim'dir. İki çocuk da iyi birer koşucudurlar. Bir tören sırasında albay olan büyükbabaya hediye diye gönderilen paketi Jun-shik Kim'in babası teslim eder. Paketteki bomba kimseye zarar vermesin diye üzerine kapatarak yere yatan albay, torunu Tatsuo Hasegawa'nın gözleri önünde can verir. Tatsuo, Kim'in babasının bundan sorumlu olduğunu söyleyerek onu ve ailesini suçlar.

Bu bir iş adamının hikayesi, para ve başarı hırsıyla gözleri kararmış kendini bile görmeden önüne gelen her şeyi ezip geçecek bir hırsla yaşamaktayken birdenbire onu vuran varoluşçu krizin öyküsü. Hayatının ne kadar anlamsız olduğunu en yakınındakilerin bile farkında olmadığının farkına varan adam için bu krizin başlamasına neden olan şey ise, gerçek oğlunun doğum esnasında değiştirilmiş olduğunun, 6 yıldır aslında bir başkasının çocuğunu büyüttüğünün farkına varmasıdır.

Birbiriyle düşman taraflar arasında şekillenen bir aşk ve onur hikayesini anlatan EMPEROR gerçek olaylara dayanmakta ve savaş sonrası Japonya’nın gölgelerinde barışı sağlamak için atılan cesur ve gizli adımları konu alıyor. Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones ve Eriko Hatsune ile İmparator Hirohito’nun 2. Dünya Savaşı kuşatmasından günler sonra gerçekleşen Amerikan’ın Japon işgalini hayata geçiriyor. Komutan Douglas MacArthur (Jones) beklenmedik bir şekilde yabancı bir ülkede fiili hükümdar olunca, herkesin aklını kurcalayan soruya çözüm bulması için Japon kültürü uzmanı Komutan Bonner Fellers’ı (Fox) atar. Soru şudur: Halkı tarafından çok sevilen ancak savaş suçlusu olan Japon İmparatoru cezalandırılmalı mıdır? Görevinin getirdiği siyasi entrikalar ile kendisini Japonya’ya çeken gizemli bir öğretmeni (Hatsune) arayışı arasında kalan Feller’ın emin olduğu tek şey oynanacak oyunların iki ülkenin tarihini sonsuza dek değiştireceğidir...

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