Later, in 1945, between interviews about Hirohito, Fellers keeps trying to find out what happened to Aya, along with his Japanese driver (Masayoshi Haneda).

General Douglas MacArthur (played by Robert Dawson) dismisses Hirohito as an "infant" and treats him with condescension. At one point, he tells the emperor that Americans don't fish: "We can buy ...

TOKYO, TOKYO - JULY 18: Visitors examine a bust of General MacArthur in the room which served as his office in the Allied Power's Post-War Headquarter office in the Dai-Ichi Life Insurance ...

The towering U.S. general strikes a relaxed pose in his open-necked shirt, contrasting sharply with Hirohito, who stands erect ― but much shorter ― in his tightly-buttoned Western-style suit.

Part I: Meiji restoration: 1868 -- Empires in conflict -- Part II: Japan versus America and the world: 1931-1941 -- Ultra-nationalism and the death of democracy -- Japan versus China: From phoney war ...