Dit is een verhaal over liefde en begrip dat zich afspeelt tijdens de spanningen en onzekerheden van de dagen die onmiddellijk volgen na de Japanse overgave aan het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Binnen de staf van Generaal Douglas MacArthur (Jones), die de feitelijke leider van Japan is als opperbevelhebber van de bezettende macht, moet een Japan-expert, Generaal Bonner Feller (Fox), een beslissing van historisch belang nemen: moet Keizer Hirohito berecht en veroordeeld worden als oorlogsmisdadiger? Zijn beslissing wordt in grote mate beïnvloed door zijn herinneringen aan en de zoektocht naar Aya, een Japanse studente die hij jaren geleden ontmoet heeft in de VS.
Nee, helaas is Emperor nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | David Klass | Screenplay |
| Production | Yōko Narahashi | Producer |
| Camera | Stuart Dryburgh | Director of Photography |
| Production | 野村祐人 | Producer |
| Production | Gary Foster | Producer |
| Directing | Peter Webber | Director |
| Writing | Vera Blasi | Screenplay |
| Production | Russ Krasnoff | Producer |
| Sound | Toby Lloyd | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ngila Dickson | Costume Design |
| Production | Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Art | Daniel Birt | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Mike Holloway | Location Manager |
| Art | Grant Major | Production Design |
| Art | Jill Cormack | Art Direction |
| Sound | Tim Prebble | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Wade Hannett | Scenic Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claire Rutledge | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Troy Hannett | Scenic Artist |
| Crew | Jim Petrak | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hayley Atherton | Hairstylist |
| Sound | John Simpson | Foley |
| Editing | Peter Skarratt | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Nigel Scott | Music Editor |
| Sound | Matthew Lambourn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Ulric Raymond | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | John Enright | Rigging Gaffer |
| Art | Helen Strevens | Set Designer |
| Visual Effects | Paul Glubb | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Allan Poppleton | Stunt Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Julian Dimsey | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Yōko Narahashi | Casting |
| Crew | Matt Cornelius | Property Master |
| Art | Sam Storey | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Rushton | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Todd Smythe | Construction Coordinator |
| Camera | Kirsty Griffin | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Sean O'Neill | Gaffer |
| Crew | Nicolas Williams | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Linda Musson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Tina Cleary | Casting |
| Production | Simon Ambridge | Production Manager |
| Sound | Gilbert Lake | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Diana Goulding | Unit Publicist |
| Art | Nick Connor | Set Designer |
| Visual Effects | Ineke Majoor | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicky Barron | Set Costumer |
| Crew | Alyx Duncan | Choreographer |
| Directing | Kristin Witcombe | Script Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Shane Hall | Animation |
| Sound | Alex Heffes | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Jacob Tomuri | Stunts |
