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Emperor (2012) Poster

(2012)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Peter Webber

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Vera Blasi ... (screenplay)
David Klass ... (screenplay)
Shiro Okamoto ... (book)

Cast (in credits order)  

Matthew Fox ... General Bonner Fellers
Tommy Lee Jones ... General Douglas MacArthur
Eriko Hatsune ... Aya Shimada
Toshiyuki Nishida Toshiyuki Nishida ... General Kajima
Masayoshi Haneda ... Takahashi
Kaori Momoi ... Mitsuko Kajima
Colin Moy ... General Richter
Masatoshi Nakamura Masatoshi Nakamura ... Prince Konoe
Masatô Ibu ... Koichi Kido
Isao Natsuyagi ... Teizaburo Sekiya
Takatarô Kataoka ... Emperor Hirohito
Aaron Jackson Aaron Jackson ... Lt Col. Rogers
Nic Sampson ... Lieutenant Red
Shohei Hino Shohei Hino ... Hideki Tojo (as Shôhei Hino)
Will Wallace ... CIC Commander
Kelson Henderson ... Adjutant to MacArthur
Stephen Papps ... Higgins
Shingo Usami ... Emperor's Translator
Taka Higuchi ... Head Palace Guard (as Takanori Kikuchi)
Ingrid Park ... Woman Hall Proctor
Yôko Narahashi ... Head Teacher (as Yoko Narahashi)
Kazuki Hayakawa Kazuki Hayakawa ... Akio
Kaito Narita Kaito Narita ... Eiji
Micheala Rooney Micheala Rooney ... Jean MacArthur
Hideko Yanagida Hideko Yanagida ... Old Woman in Restaurant
Paul Gittins ... Older Officer
Stephen Hall ... Gen. Eichelberger
Kengo Hasuo Kengo Hasuo ... Imperial Butler
Kuni Hashimoto ... Minister Anami
David Aston David Aston ... U.S. Officer
Jim McLarty Jim McLarty ... U.S. Aide
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi ... Imperial Guard 1
Daigoro Yamada Daigoro Yamada ... Imperial Guard 2
Nichita Tanabe Nichita Tanabe ... Imperial Guard 3
Ryoichiro Yonekura Ryoichiro Yonekura ... Imperial Guard 4
Koji Mizuki Koji Mizuki ... Homeless Japanese Vet
Nobuko Nakanishi Nobuko Nakanishi ... Homeless Woman
Kona Kelly Kona Kelly ... Japanese Toddler
Toru Ishida Toru Ishida ... Bar Patron #2
Lance Masa Lance Masa ... Bar Patron #1
Motoshige Nagai Motoshige Nagai ... Bar Patron #3
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erik Brown Erik Brown ... American Soldier
Euri Nomura Euri Nomura ... Child
Matt Kinsman Matt Kinsman ... U.S. Soldier (uncredited)
Masaya Kubota Masaya Kubota ... Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Wiebe Marinus ... IO Coporal (uncredited)
Yuki Nagashima Yuki Nagashima ... Imperial Guard (uncredited)
Gareth Ruck ... Master Sergeant (uncredited)

Produced by 

Yasushi Akutagawa ... associate producer
Tim Coddington ... co-producer
Gary Foster ... producer
Russ Krasnoff ... producer
Yôko Narahashi ... producer
Eugene Nomura ... producer
Satori Suzuki ... associate producer

Music by 

Alex Heffes

Cinematography by 

Stuart Dryburgh ... director of photography

Editing by 

Chris Plummer

Casting By 

Jane Jenkins
Yôko Narahashi

Production Design by 

Grant Major

Art Direction by 

Jill Cormack
George Hamilton
Miro Harre ... (art direction)

Set Decoration by 

Daniel Birt

Costume Design by 

Ngila Dickson

Makeup Department 

Pilar Alegre ... additional hair and makeup artist
Vinnie Ashton ... crowd hair and makeup artist (as Vinnie Smith)
Hayley Atherton ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Verity Griffiths ... additional hair and makeup
Gabrielle Jones ... makeup and hair designer
Natasha Lees ... crowd makeup supervisor / hair stylist
Carly Marr ... additional makeup artist
Roger Murray ... prosthetic manufacture
Hayley Ness ... additional makeup
Claire Rutledge ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Levonne Scott ... additional make up artist

Production Management 

Simon Ambridge ... production manager
Tim Coddington ... unit production manager
Dean Watkins ... head of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Hayley Budulis ... additional assistant director
Andrew Burfield ... additional third assistant director
Donald Duncan ... second unit director
Emma Hinton ... second assistant director
Lance Masa ... additional assistant director
Stuart Morrice ... second second assistant director
Sez Niederer ... additional assistant director
Toby Pease ... first assistant director
Ricky Silvester ... third assistant director
Anton Steel ... first assistant director: second unit
Jessica Walsh ... additional assistant director
Amand Weaver ... second assistant director: second unit

Art Department 

Glenn Altman ... set painter
Zach Becroft ... stand-by property
Ed Butler ... storyboard artist
Jillian Chitty ... set dresser
Phil Chitty ... construction supervisor
Temple Clark ... storyboard artist
Nick Connor ... set designer
Matt Cornelius ... property master
Paul Dulieu ... picture vehicle supervisor
Alistair Gillies ... concept artist
Anna Graves ... art department coordinator
Mark Grenfell ... off-set art director
George Hamilton ... on-set art director
Troy Hannett ... scenic artist
Wade Hannett ... scenic artist
Miro Harre ... off-set art director
Etienne Harris ... scenic painter
John Howard ... set dresser
Tane Jarrett ... set dresser
Gabriel Kearney ... props: Second Unit
Angus Kerr ... set decorator assistant
Penny Kerr ... set dresser
Steven Key ... carpenter
Natalija Kucija ... Set Dec
Merv Lambarth ... foreman: construction (as Merv Lambert)
Joseph Leary ... set dresser
Kathryn Lees ... set decorating intern
Peter Malone ... brush hand
Charlie Mckay ... graphic designer
Gareth Mills ... lead set dresser/buyer
Grace Mok ... property master
Roger Murray ... prop manufacturer
Justine Muxlow ... set dressing coordinator
Paul Ny ... scenic painter
George Ritchie ... digital backdrop artist
Graham Rowan ... carpenter
Rie Shibasaki ... japanese calligrapher (as Rik Shibasaki)
Todd Smythe ... construction coordinator
Olly Southwell ... assistant stand-by propsman
Sam Storey ... assistant art director
Helen Strevens ... set designer
Ryan Sweetman ... carpenter
Patrick Walker ... property buyer
Simon Wheeler ... vehicle wrangler
Kevin Willcocks ... construction foreman
Pania Williams ... digital backdrop artist
Abi Wollcombe ... set dresser
Petelo Yaiku ... senior set dresser
Jake Walls ... fabricator (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Hide Aoki ... additional sound recordist
Tim Chaproniere ... mix technician
Emile de la Rey ... adr editor (as Emile De La Rey)
Fred Enholmer ... sound mixer
Amanda Heatley ... sound producer: Park Road Post Production
Lora Hirschberg ... re-recording mixer
Takuma Ito ... additional sound recordist
Gilbert Lake ... Sound Re-recording Mixer
Matthew Lambourn ... sound effects editor
Toby Lloyd ... mix technician / sound recordist
Eric Nagy ... additional sound recordist: Nature Sounds Society Of Japan
John Neill ... Head of Sound: Park Road Post Production
Jim Petrak ... additional sound recordist
Tim Prebble ... sound designer
Simon Riley ... foley editor
Tom Scott-Toft ... assistant sound effects editor
John Simpson ... foley artist
Pete Smith ... foley mixer
Kazutaka Someya ... additional sound recordist (as Someya Kazutaka)
Chris Todd ... supervising dialogue editor
Nicolas Williams ... sound recordist
Chris Winter ... assistant dialogue editor
Ryan Young ... adr recordist (as Ryan D. Young)
Jim Carroll ... foley assistant (uncredited)
Tim Chaproniere ... mix assistant (uncredited)
Buster Flaws ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Russ Gorsline ... adr (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

Ken Durey ... special effects coordinator
Dagan Jurd ... senior special effects technician
Richard Schuler ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by 

Grant Adam ... senior technical director: Iloura
Daniel Ashton ... scanning and recording technician (as Dan Ashton)
Steve Barnes ... digital artist: Iloura
Magdalena Bisogni ... visual effects assistant: Iloura
Michael Bongiorno ... match move artist: Iloura
Nick Booth ... scanning and recording supervisor: Weta Digital
Mark Bortolotto ... compositor
Genevieve Camilleri ... compositor: Iloura
Eoin Cannon ... lead modeler: Iloura
Robin Cave ... matte artist: Iloura
Murray Curtis ... compositor: Iloura
Julian Dimsey ... visual effects supervisor: Iloura
Sam Doolan ... lighting technical director: Iloura
Steve Drew ... digital artist: Iloura (as Steven Drew)
Laura Dubsky ... compositor: Iloura
Chris Dwyer ... data manager: Iloura
Dean Elliott ... animator: Iloura
Matt Faiman ... visual effects accountant: Iloura
Alan Fairlie ... lead compositor: Iloura
Jonathan Freisler ... lead effects artist: Iloura
Jason Gilholme ... match move supervisor: Iloura
Paul Glubb ... visual effects producer
Shane Hall ... animator: Iloura
Dominic Hellier ... lead compositor: Iloura
Aeon Henderson ... compositor: Iloura
Chris Henryon ... digital artist: Iloura
Daniel Hourigan ... effects animator: Iloura
Huck Hur ... match move artist: Iloura
Fergus Jack-Hinton ... visual effects artist: Park Road Post Production
Samuel Jensen ... lead modeler: Iloura (as Sam Jensen)
Morgan Jones ... compositor: Iloura
Peter Jurca ... digital artist: Iloura
Jun Eun Kim ... modeler: Iloura
Alan S.L. Lam ... matte artist: Iloura
Duncan MacDonald ... effects animator: Iloura
Ineke Majoor ... visual effects producer: Iloura
Glenn Melenhorst ... digital matte supervisor: Iloura
Keith Meure ... digital artist: Iloura
Jay C. Miller ... lighting technical director: Iloura
Adrian Moyes ... match move artist: Iloura
Matt Omond ... compositing supervisor: Iloura
Matthew Pascuzzi ... compositor: Iloura
Noah Pascuzzi ... digital artist: Iloura
Jeremy Pronk ... lighting technical director: Iloura
Marcus Riquier ... match move artist: Iloura
James Robison ... senior technical director: Iloura
Simon Rosenthal ... visual effects executive producer: Iloura
Pippa Sheen ... visual effects production coordinator: Iloura
Karl Sheridan ... VFX Onset Data Wrangler
Angela Stanley ... compositor: Iloura (as Angela Rose)
Jon Stanley ... senior systems administrator: Iloura
Marc Stephen ... render wrangler: Iloura
Jonathon Sumner ... digital artist: Iloura
Kim Tobin ... compositor: Iloura
Alexander Whyte ... match move artist: Iloura
Tom Wild ... visual effects production manager: Iloura
Pete Williams ... scanning and recording manager: Weta Digital
Pip Wright ... visual effects 2D coordinator: Iloura

Stunts 

Toru Ishida ... stunt performer
Josef Jelínek ... stunts
Lance Masa ... stunt performer
Motoshige Nagai ... stunt performer
Allan Poppleton ... stunt coordinator
Stuart Thorp ... stunt driver
Jacob Tomuri ... stunt assistant
Samuel R. Wright ... stunt driver (as Sammy Wright)
Willie Ying ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department 

Kane Asher ... dolly grip
Jonathan Bixley ... best boy grip
Fergus Burnett ... video assist
Jackson Cullen ... lighting technician
John Enright ... rigging gaffer
Alex Glucina ... assistant camera: "b"
Kirsty Griffin ... still photographer
Mikey Ray Harkins ... lighting technician
Scott Harman ... best boy
Oli Harris ... key grip
Nick Hutchinson ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Alyssa Kath ... additional
Luke Macready ... senior lighting technician
Ilja Maran ... grip
Tom Markham-Short ... assistant camera: "a"
Sean O'Neill ... gaffer
Evan Pardington ... Key Grip 2U
Kerry Peck ... lighting technician
Ulric Raymond ... b camera operator
Michael Reihana ... dolly grip
Simon Schätzle ... lighting technician
Lee Scott ... lighting technician
Jacob Slovak ... film loader
Barnaby Sweet ... lighting technician
Ashley Thomas ... video operator-splinter unit
Marcus Upton ... lighting technician
Henry West ... assistant camera
Jay Weston ... video assist operator
Toby Conway ... additional grip (uncredited)
Alex Gilbert ... camera intern (uncredited)

Casting Department 

Yvonne Bennett ... extras casting coordinator / extras casting
Tina Cleary ... casting
Madeline Cooper ... extras casting assistant
Angel de Goede ... extras casting intern
Roslyn Lusty ... extras casting assistant
Lance Masa ... extras casting assistant
Fuhito Michihira ... extras casting assistant
Kesha Robertson ... extras casting assistant coordinator
Jesse Savage ... extras casting assistant
Juliet Williams ... extras casting assistant coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Nicky Barron ... set costumer
Sam Brown ... wardrobe assistant
Naomi Campbell ... costume assistant
Louise George ... extras dresser
Carly Imrie ... military costumes: australia
Melanie Imrie ... military costumes: australia
Katie Johnston ... costume assistant
Phillippa King ... set costumer
Simone Knight ... costume assistant / costumer
Pip Lingard ... costume budget consultant / costume supervisor
Ylona McGinty ... key costumer
Liz McGregor ... assistant costume designer
Lucy McLay ... costumer
Michael McNamara ... costume assistant
Ann Mockett ... pattern cutter
James Rogers ... wardrobe dyer
Jenny Rushton ... costume supervisor
Tracey Rose Sparke ... military costume specialist (as Ian Sparke) / webbing master (as Ian Sparke)
Andy Mowbray ... costume props (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Jason Aldous ... on-line assistant
Clare Brody ... data wrangler: Park Road Post Production
Clare Burlinson ... digital intermediate colourist
Joyce Kamille Cristal ... data wrangler: Park Road Post Production
Elizabeth Denekamp ... assistant editor
Gareth Evans ... colorist: rushes
Michael Harris ... digital mastering
David Hollingsworth ... head of picture: Park Road Post
Nina Kurzmann ... post producer
Tom McHattie ... data wrangler
Amber Marie Naveira ... data wrangler: Park Road Post (as Amber Marie Smith)
Amy Shand ... digital lab manager
Peter Skarratt ... first assistant editor
Matthew Wear ... dailies colourist
Tim Willis ... on-line editor
Jeannie Yeung ... data wrangler: Park Road Post Production

Location Management 

Sarah Allman ... additional location assistant
Harry Harrison ... location scout
Brett Higginson ... location scout
Mike Holloway ... location manager
Jacob McIntyre ... assistant location manager
Damion Nathan ... assistant locations manager
Peta Sinclair ... assistant location manager
Angelina Sullivan ... additional location assistant

Music Department 

Tom Brown ... music preparation
Simon Chamberlain ... musician: solo piano
Mark Graham ... head of music preparation
James T. Hill ... score mixed by
Dave Jordan ... music supervisor
Graham Kennedy ... score recording engineer
Philip Klein ... additional orchestration
Etsuko Kobayashi ... lyrics translation: Japan
Tommy Laurence ... additional orchestrator
Phil McGowan ... score mixing recordist
Dave Metzger ... orchestrator
Victor Pesavento ... music preparation
Peter Rotter ... music coordination
Nigel Scott ... music editor
Yoshiaki Shioya ... lyrics translation: Japan (as Yoshi Shioya)
Hilary Skewes ... musician contractor
Linnea Snyder ... music preparation
Roger Suen ... music assistant to composer
John Ashton Thomas ... orchestrator

Script and Continuity Department 

Aria Harrison ... script supervisor: second unit
Christian Routh ... script consultant
Kristin Witcombe ... script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Aaron Gibson ... transportation captain
Graham Hughes ... driver: cast
Matt Johnston ... driver: cast
Linda Musson ... transportation coordinator
Anna Low ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Dana Archer ... public relations
Gunner Ashford ... key armorer
David Boden ... production secretary
Andrew Cochrane ... production coordinator
James D. Dever ... adr loop group
Alan Drum-Garcia ... producer assistant
Alyx Duncan ... choreographer
Sandra Finestone ... first assistant accountant
Ben Forrer ... Completion Guarantor: ProSight Specialty Insurance
Diana Goulding ... unit publicist
Hamish Hill ... rushes/dailies
Tasha Lang ... researcher
Jessica Loddo ... italian dubbing director
Pedro Loureiro ... historical advisor (as Dr. Pedro Loureiro)
Wayne McCormack ... animal coordinator
Yuki Nagashima ... japanese military advisor
Donna Pearman ... assistant production co-ordinator
Scott Perry ... dialogue coach
Adam W. Rosen ... legal services
David Rowell ... financial controller
Yoshiaki Shioya ... english dialogue coach (as Yoshi Shioya)
Mike Stokey ... key military advisor
Erika Takacs ... production assistant
Kimberly Tierney ... dialogue coach: english
Russell Totten ... english dialogue coach
Jodi Tripi ... stock footage researcher
Samuel R. Wright ... assistant armorer (as Sammy Wright) / military advisor (as Sammy Wright)
Nimrod Zalmanowitz ... epk creator
Tim Bentinck ... adr loop group (uncredited)
Anthony S. Pratt ... workflow architect (uncredited)

See also

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