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.
| Production | Russ Krasnoff | Producer |
| Production | Yōko Narahashi | Producer |
| Writing | David Klass | Screenplay |
| Directing | Peter Webber | Director |
| Production | Gary Foster | Producer |
| Writing | Vera Blasi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Stuart Dryburgh | Director of Photography |
| Production | Eugene Nomura | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ngila Dickson | Costume Design |
| Production | Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Production | Yōko Narahashi | Casting |
| Production | Tina Cleary | Casting |
| Art | Grant Major | Production Design |
| Crew | Troy Hannett | Scenic Artist |
| Camera | Ulric Raymond | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Paul Glubb | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Nigel Scott | Music Editor |
| Art | Jill Cormack | Art Direction |
| Sound | Tim Prebble | Sound Designer |
| Sound | John Simpson | Foley |
| Lighting | Sean O'Neill | Gaffer |
| Production | Mike Holloway | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claire Rutledge | Hairstylist |
| Art | Sam Storey | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Wade Hannett | Scenic Artist |
| Directing | Kristin Witcombe | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Allan Poppleton | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Kirsty Griffin | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Matt Cornelius | Property Master |
| Sound | Matthew Lambourn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Ineke Majoor | Visual Effects Producer |
| Art | Helen Strevens | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicky Barron | Set Costumer |
| Production | Simon Ambridge | Production Manager |
| Art | Nick Connor | Set Designer |
| Crew | Jim Petrak | Sound Recordist |
| Visual Effects | Julian Dimsey | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Lighting | John Enright | Rigging Gaffer |
| Crew | Alyx Duncan | Choreographer |
| Art | Daniel Birt | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hayley Atherton | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Nicolas Williams | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Rushton | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Linda Musson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gilbert Lake | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Peter Skarratt | First Assistant Editor |
| Art | Todd Smythe | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Diana Goulding | Unit Publicist |
| Visual Effects | Shane Hall | Animation |
| Sound | Alex Heffes | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Toby Lloyd | Sound Recordist |
