An American general involved in the occupation of Japan in the aftermath of the Second World War is given the task of deciding whether Emperor Hirohito should stand trial as a war criminal. His assignment is complicated by his search for his lost love, an exchange student he met in the US years previously. Fact-based drama, with Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones.

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.