| Phys. Description |
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Det |
DVD. Region 2. Widescreen presentation. |
| Note |
English & Japanese with some English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Cast: Ogata, Issey; Dawson, Robert. |
| Credits |
Credits: director of photography, Alexander Sokurov ; editor Sergei Ivanov ; music, Andrei Sigle. |
| Audience |
UK cert. U. |
| Summary |
Japan, August 1945. Millions of Japanses are stunned to hear the voice of their Emperor for the first time, as he commands his people to cease all fighting. Though the address saves the lives of countless Japanese and thousands more Allied forces, the victorious powers insist Emperor Hirohito appear before a military tribunal. The film chronicles the events leading up to Hirohito's momentous speech, the historic renunciation of his divine status and his meetings with General Douglas MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the occupying American forces, who advises his own President not to declare the Japanese leader a war criminal. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Japan
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| Alt Author |
Arabov, Yuri writing.
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Sokurov, Aleksandr, 1951- Director.
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Ogata, Issey, Actor.
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Dawson, Robert, Actor.
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| Music # |
ART 307DVD Artifical Eye |
| Marc |
two-dimensional moving image rdacontent |
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