Emperor vs The Shadow in My Eye

The Shadow in My Eye has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Emperor). Emperor is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 47m. Emperor is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Emperor posterEmperor2012 VS The Shadow in My Eye posterThe Shadow in My Eye2021
EmperorThe Shadow in My Eye
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 7.8/10
Year20122021
Length1h 45m1h 47m
GenresDrama, History, WarDrama, History, War
Country––
DirectorPeter WebberOle Bornedal
Main castMatthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda, Kaori MomoiAlex Høgh Andersen, Danica Ćurčić, James Tarpey, Fanny Leander Bornedal, Rikke Louise Andersson

Synopsis

Emperor

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.

The Shadow in My Eye

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

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