MacArthur Arrives in Japan - Emperor

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Following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) must determine whether Emperor Hirohito should be hanged as a war criminal.
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[@slightlyistorical1776]

What's especially interesting is that the Japanese people *_loved_* General MacArthur, seeing him a foreign shōgun who rebuilt their battered nation and kept their beloved Emperor on the throne, and were genuinely shocked hearing that he was forced to resign during the Korean War after suggesting nuking China to the ninth circle of Hell.

[@jaga_code007]

あと単純にかっこいいから

[@meklavier4664]

Because the Japanese are afraid one day the Chinese will take revenge of the atrocities japanese committed

[@shade9272]

I'm sure that's what they taught you in American schools.

[@jakelavaclaw2759]

@@shade9272 No they didn't actually teach us that except for the latter part of him being removed for wanting to nuke China

[@munguschungus4030]

He never suggested nuking China. He was simply a fall guy for the expanding Korean War and was also disliked by Truman especially. The cited "proposal" to nuke China was simply a war plan he drafted which was done regularly and was conventional. That excuse is nothing more than a popular lie kept alive by the public.

[@adamcheklat7387]

1:44: Now, let’s show them some good old fashioned American swagger.

[@vergilmemes455]

Drip after the A bomb was different

[@BayouBoy2443]

@@JoshGibson-fb7mffuckin Mr sunshine over here

[@cr1tikal_arc]

@@JoshGibson-fb7mf what tf is a "fake movie"? or "fake music"? what does that even mean, lmao? you're deluded

[@SakakiSyndrome]

@@cr1tikal_arc As opposed to real movies and real music i suppose 😂

[@417Owsy]

@@cr1tikal_arc plot twist: this movie is actually not real and we are just imagining the expert visuals and orchestral audio in this video, as well as tommy lee jones being a collective imaginary thought in all the viewers brains lol

[@andrewstravels2096]

They are paying you the ultimate respect. I know.

[@raymondlee3414]

They should have shown that respect at Corregidor and Bataan as well as Nanking.

[@IsaiahRichards692]

@@raymondlee3414 I think, in their own way, the Japanese annihilation of their enemy to the point of inhumane cruelty was a form of respect.

[@strat0s512]

@@IsaiahRichards692 you mean the "my enemies, especially the chinese, are subhumans" form of respect?

[@JoeHinojosa-ph8yw]

My mom grew up in Japan in WW2 and during occupation . She told me the Japanese Loved Douglas MacArthur! ❤️

[@The_Gallowglass]

We didn't stop them from being Japanese. When my grandfather served in Korea, he got wounded pretty bad and convalesce in Japan. They told him he could go home or be an MP in Japan, so they let him be an MP. He said they were decent people and had good beer.

[@JoeHinojosa-ph8yw]

@@The_Gallowglass Yes my dad was in Japan during Korean War, on a patrol rescue boat for crashed pilots in sea of Japan in damaged planes. He collected Japanese cameras met my mom in photo store in Japan. And ❤️. Anyway Japanese food is great.

[@MatthewSalzer]

General Douglas MacArthur listened to his experts who stated that keeping the Emperor not only alive but in power was the way to control the Land of the Rising Sun because he was and to this day still is the heart and soul of the by which every citizen lives by.

[@Hinata.Sakaguchi]

Best decision.

[@MatthewSalzer]

@@Hinata.Sakaguchi Yeah, hard to know how things would've turned out otherwise.

[@taktktk5240]

テロリストだらけになり混乱の極みになるところだったな。 コレで米国はイラクでも可能と勘違いしてしまった。他国では通用しない。

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

Wait ‘to this day’ wtf do u mean?? Ofc i understand right after the war keeping the emperor alive is crucial. But the ‘emperor’ being the heart and soul of Japan in 2024??? Am i missing something here?

[@MatthewSalzer]

@@GuineaPigEveryday The Emperor of Japan is still a symbol that Japanese people rally behind. He may not be considered the Godlike being that he was during WW2, but he is still venerated and that may not have been the case if MacArthur hadn't made the decision he did.

[@thisisajang]

The Japanese called McArthur "Gaijin Shogun" or Foreigner Shogun. So yeah they loved him because he brought stability to the newly conquered country.

[@doncouth48]

What an absolute unit of an airplane, capable of carrying MacArthur's planet-sized ego.

[@augiegrad80]

Dad was on the airstrip that day as part of the 11th Airborne Division. He said the C-47 transports were landing every two or three minutes. He was from Ridge Farm IL, as was General Fellers, and got to know him a bit at alumni banquets in later years.

[@derjaeger3321]

One can say MacArthur was arrogant, a egotist, a showman, and somtimes insubordinate. However, he was an excellent general and most importantly, he understood that for the occupation to be most successful it must take Japanese culture and customs into consideration. If you have to lose a war lost it to the United States.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

He had his moments as a general but the Philipines was a disaster he could have avoided, he shit the bed on that one but his landing at Inchon during the Korean War was a masterstroke and basically crushed the North.

[@derjaeger3321]

@@twojacksandanace3847 Men make mistakes, great men make great mistakes. Churchill at Gallipoli, Lee at Gettysburg, Napoleon at Waterloo.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

@@derjaeger3321 Great men cant often afford to make great mistakes.

[@derjaeger3321]

@@twojacksandanace3847 Recovering from mistakes is part of why they may be considered great. FDR was blind to - or at least unprepared - for the attacks in the Pacific. Lincoln continued to appoint incompetent army leaders for years until he found Grant. Washington made several poor decisions early on in the revolution. Ike erred with the last U2 flights. Caesar got too big for his britches and well - you know. Not all great men made great mistakes but most did. We are all fallable. Churchill once said when you’re going through hell keep going.

[@camward9293]

"If they don't know they're licked by now, they will get the picture. Today."

[@Lian_PH]

Bro is the definition of American Swagger

[@ChatGPt2001]

General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan in August 1945, shortly after the end of World War II. His arrival marked the beginning of the Allied occupation of Japan, and he played a pivotal role in shaping the post-war reconstruction of the country. Upon his arrival, MacArthur met with Emperor Hirohito. This meeting was significant as it symbolized the transition of power and authority in Japan. MacArthur wanted to ensure that the Emperor would cooperate with the Allied occupation and the reforms they intended to implement. MacArthur's approach to the Emperor was crucial in shaping the post-war era in Japan. He chose to retain Emperor Hirohito on the throne but under a new constitutional framework that significantly reduced his political power. The Emperor was seen as a symbol of continuity for the Japanese people, helping to ease the transition to a democratic and demilitarized Japan. Under MacArthur's guidance, Japan underwent a series of reforms, including the adoption of a new constitution in 1947, which established a constitutional monarchy with the Emperor as a symbolic figurehead, stripped of any political power. This constitution, often referred to as the "MacArthur Constitution," also introduced democratic principles and human rights protections. The occupation and reforms led by General MacArthur played a vital role in transforming Japan into a peaceful and democratic nation. Emperor Hirohito continued to serve as Emperor of Japan until his death in 1989, after which he was succeeded by his son, Emperor Akihito.

[@williamwest9204]

His only mistake was demilitarization

[@vincentmarotta9800]

Although I'm aware of the impending chaos that'll occur between the Japanese Conservative Party and the Communist party that'll form after WW2 (and that one dude's assassination later that'll effectively kill the chance of Communism shitting up Japan as a result), I have to admire how General MacArthur had the chance to upend, demoralize, and destroy Japan....but instead gave them back a sense of pride and a platform to rebuild themselves (for better or worse). Japan is a superpower today because of the Japanese people who support it, but the reformation of Japan to accommodate those people who rebuilt Japan is due in part to how General MacArthur and his men CHOSE to treat them at their weakest. History is messy and imperfect, but if you ever want an example of why understanding a culture of "your enemy" is important, THIS is what I would use. Corncob MacArthur is still admired in Japan, even to this day.

[@handel1111]

After their defeat, Japan went back to the shogunate system where the Emperor is the figure head and real power is General MacArthur

[@thisisajang]

Well the Japanese called McArthur "Gaijin Shogun" or Foreigner Shogun anyway. So yeah they loved him because he brought stability to the newly conquered country.

[@fistinyourface7053]

Tojo and co. acted like shogun as well

[@alexs5744]

I like General MacArthur’s pipe, I smoke corn cob pipes and you can buy an exact pipe like MacArthur’s and let me tell you they’re cool.

[@JM-sl9ql]

Still manufactured in Missouri by the same company as made his.

[@alexs5744]

@@JM-sl9ql I’ve seen them and yeah they’re pretty cool.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Great film clip, cheers Johnny...E

[@christophersnyder1532]

I know that one of the actors in this great, and spectacular feature played the chief engineer in the 2010 Uchuu Senkan Yamato, live action film. The Emperor In August touched upon the Japanese Army's attemped coup to assassinate Emperor Hirohito, which had the actor who portrayed Vice Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, as the General who opposed the coup. Issey Ogata portrayed Emperor Hirohito in the 2006 feature The Sun, and Robert Dawson portrayed MacArthur. Gregory Peck, MacArthur 1977, still portrayed the best as Douglas MacArthur, and is still one of the best. Take care, and all the best.

[@studinthemaking]

That not true. MacAuthor took a small 2 shoot Dillinger with him. His staff was all armed with pistols and and a lot of extra ammo.

[@Ibrahim-fh6kv]

It's called Hollywood to make them look tough and mighty

[@studinthemaking]

@@Ibrahim-fh6kv never seen a movie before. Thanks for the info.

[@RockyNikita]

Problem is the masses would believe its factual history, he could have handed out iPads to thousands to win hearts and minds and the public viewing would believe it😂

[@DavidParker-bp1mq]

I assume you mean Derringer. What is your source?

[@user-ej3hs2xw4c]

Лгать , это сущность сегодняшней Америки

[@jackkruese4258]

Bet he felt like Julius Caesar turning up there.

[@EdwardAlegado]

more like Oda Nobunaga

[@ramblinnernd5905]

Heh. I’m still reading a book called American Caesar by William Manchester. All about MacArthur’s life.

[@earlshaner4441]

Outstanding movie

[@carlgustafmannerheim7419]

When they were on the plane, a thought passed through my mind: It would be *LOUD AS HECK* in there. Would've obviously ruined the scene for them to be yelling, but just a neat thing to think about. People who haven't flown in a passenger prop plane would probably never know since the age of the jet airliner has been around so long.

[@jokerchrist2545]

Being in the cockpit of the DC-4 was even more deafening. I've never flown or seen a DC-4 in real life though, so I'm not too well versed on the aircraft but I can imagine you're right. From my experiences of piloting prop planes, it really would have been very hard to hear each other.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

@@jokerchrist2545 I sat in the cockpit of a Lockheed Super Constellation flying from Chicago to Kansas City. Though it wasn't "loud as heck" it still was fairly noisy, and you had to raise your voice a little to communicate. This even applied to the passenger cabin that was insulated.

[@hdmibullshell5390]

Remember that general Tōjō Hideki was accused of all war crimes, so the Emperor could remain in power.

[@user-td2jw9ze2c]

this guy spitted on every soul lost inside Unit 731

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

lets not forget Klaus Barbie that kept on working for the CIA

[@BarryAllen__1A23]

So the 2 suns werent enough?

[@user-td2jw9ze2c]

@@BarryAllen__1A23 the scientists and doctors were given full immunity, Shiro Ishii continued his work inside fort detrick and took a part in the Korean war.

[@BarryAllen__1A23]

@@user-td2jw9ze2c Im not saying that giving immunity to those degenerates were a good thing but there were indeed valuable details that were truly helpful for the american forces, kind of like operation paperclip for the n@zi scientists. Plus if the soviets, who were the ones that captured them, got them instead what do you think will happen hm? Keep in mind, Operation Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night was supposed to be comparable to the 2 suns imagine if the soviets got their hands of such plans... Geopolitics is always a complicated issue my friend. You gain some and you lose some

[@BarryAllen__1A23]

@@user-td2jw9ze2c Im not saying that giving those psycopaths an immunity is a good thing but what those monsters have learned did have strategic intel for the US, kind of like the operation paperclip. If the soviets got their hands on the intel (since they were the ones who captured them) what do you think would happen? Geopolitics is complicated my friend. You gain some and you lose some

[@aegisofhonor]

Tommy Lee Jones played MacArthur with perfection. Great moving mostly because of TLJ's great performance.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

General Douglas MacArthu the last Shogun!

[@wiktorberski9272]

In my private opinion a really good actor. Far more better performance than Liam Neeson as the same person in "Operation Chromite" (2016)

[@christophersnyder1532]

Gregory Peck's performace, and portrayal is the ultimate, and finest, of the Surpreme Commander, in my opinion. Take care, and all the best.

[@nathanfugate8210]

The markings on the aircraft are wrong.

[@TheSerpent21]

Tommy Lee is such a badass actor!

[@Ayaki6166]

They're good job.also He was good General.

[@OmnoWombo]

So I looked up pictures of him stepping off the plane in real life and it looks exactly like this 😂.

[@stocksgoupward5922]

General Douglas MacArthur was called by Winston Churchhill the bravest man in WW2 as he went to Japan with no protection at all. Churchhill had assumed the Japanese could easily kill him. but MacArthur who spent years in the Philippines before WW2 thought that he understood the Oriental mind as he put it and he had nothing to fear of. And he was right.

[@cmplord1657]

The island sent Jack time travelling back to 1945!

[@rosemarymckenna4700]

MacArthur also kept the Russians out of Japan. He said he would arrest any Russian delegation that would try to set foot on Japanese soil.

[@evancrum6811]

Great movie...minus the romantic part

[@michalsoukup1021]

Mac and his "Phillipenese" cap. The man had the absolute temerity of persuading the Philipinese President to grant him a rank that would put him above every other US officer serving, and he kept the cap even when he, by all reasonable interpretation did no longer have the rank/was not using it anymore.

[@toddsikes7292]

my uncle just met macarthurs son. he came to look at his grave at the family plot

[@t.bunker2511]

One of the greatest cities in the World, laid waste.

[@patrickvernon4766]

They never should have desacralized the emperor and thus Japan.

[@ASH1the1DESTROYER]

When agent K doing the side quest 🌝

[@XandateOfHeaven]

MacArthur: The Last Shogun

[@rocklucardi7372]

Cómo se llama la película ???

[@edison7300037]

emperor(2012) it's at the first line of the description you know...

[@longrider42]

He also released food and medicine to the Japanese. Supplies that had been set aside for the invasion. But never needed. But the Japanese people needed them, and MacArthur, new that, and did what needed to be done.

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

That pipe! 😂

[@Zanjutsu]

1:21 God fucking right

[@Aoodyint]

I saw Agent "K" here

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Fellers is a complicated character, before the US joined the war he was a military attache to the British in Egypt and frequently sent detailed breakdowns of British forces, defenses and deployments in the open unsequered back to the US which the Germans intercepted, the British went insanse wondering who the "spy" was. It was just a foolish Fellers who caused the deaths of thousands and significatntly aided German efforts in North Africa and the Med. It was quite a stain on his career after they figuered out it was him and he was sent home in disgrace, MacArthur didn't like him either and seems to have impeded his career.

[@andrewtan2384]

Why does the general peak cap crest look sewn in?

[@em23]

MacArthur's eagle was embroidered. He didn't use a metal device on that particular uniform. Generals had a lot of leeway when it came to customized uniform items

[@DavidParker-bp1mq]

I believe it is the cap of a Philippine Field Marshal. If wrong I am sure someone will correct me.

[@andrewtan2384]

@DavidParker-bp1mq yes now that you said it. The one and only field marshal thr phillippines ever had.

[@jojoestranger4989]

The pipe Mc Arthur is using are made by a native in the Philippines

[@gooderlinsen]

Wow, this place reminds me of Oakland, California in 2024 LOL!

[@mnk9073]

MacArthur was a narcisisstic fool who got lucky, he did about as much damage to the war effort as he benefitted it.

[@PuppetierMaster]

MacArthur - the Last Shogun

[@mansri9035]

What's the movie name?

[@frankroberts9320]

Emperor

[@huylam3951]

The main story between Americans & Japanese after the Pacific War.

[@striker7469]

Huhu.

[@koraegis]

Hm. sounds like bankers-wars.

[@anabolic_red]

That fucking pipe 💪

[@Joozt112]

would his flight at this stage really fly unescorted by fighters?

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Yes, as part of the surrender requirements (before the signing of the actual documents), the Japanese military was required to remove the propellers from all their aggressive aircraft and place them in front of those planes.

[@Joozt112]

@@WAL_DC-6B thanks for the insight :)

[@cald1421]

Hello

[@samadams7224]

Tommy's head was far too big for that cap.

[@seamusoleary3712]

They're driving on the wrong side of the road!!!

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Yeah, they still do that in Japan.

[@Coldspace882]

Bruce Willis kind of looked like macarthur

[@mattaustin2128]

No red stripe in the bars of the national insignia until 1947.

[@tertommy]

Douglass F ed up The Phillipines in 42 though.

[@Birdy890]

I love Tommy Lee Jones but they should've got Bruce Willis to be MacArthur, just because they look so much alike.

[@bobmillerick300]

Pretty funny, huah?

[@RealityTrailers]

Well, if the movie says it's true, then it must be true, right? RIGHT!?

[@stitchjones7134]

Dugout Doug

[@pintubhavana]

Liberators of what?

[@kidkique]

tommy lee curtis doesn't act - it's just always Tommy Lee Curtis and its passe

[@KiAgengSuryoKenconochannel9861]

MacArthur jenderal besar,karismatik Amerika yang bila ada kemauan politik layak dan pantas jadi Presiden Amerika,tapi tidak ambil itu

[@user-ej3hs2xw4c]

Всего две бомбы усмирили самураев. Если этот фильм покажут в Японии, то позор им, японцам, не уважение памяти погибшим в Хиросиме и Нагасаки.

[@tircan]

ここから日本が始まった

[@m.w.wilson234]

I read somewhere that a henpecked husband is called a 'Mac Arthur' in Japanese (or however the Japanese will pronounce it) because he gave women the vote.

[@williamt.little1972]

A story well worth telling. But Mr. Jones was a TERRIBLE choice to play MacArthur! TERRIBLE!!

[@spikezlee]

Jesus ,where are the houses?

[@fumimakes_]

Gone reduced to atoms

[@umdisc64]

Why didn’t they use a real airplane?

[@munguschungus4030]

He never suggested nuking China. He was simply a fall guy for the expanding Korean War and was also disliked by Truman especially. The cited "proposal" to nuke China was simply a war plan he drafted which was done regularly and was conventional. That excuse is nothing more than a popular lie kept alive by the public.

[@TheLAGopher]

Truman was establishing the US National security state under civilian control and didn't want his theater commander in Korea to be a soldier statesman working in the political realm along with the military one. Truman wanted the larger than life personas to be elected officials,not career soldiers.

[@Zircillius]

@ 1:05 that is one of the worst matte paintings I've ever seen. I mean the CG plane is awful too but how do you f*ck up clouds and Mt. Fuji so badly? Would've looked better if they'd just zoomed in on a photo

[@Szarko32c]

cgi is pretty terrible

[@MrBahjatt]

Tommy Lee Jones is a terrible MacArthur.

[@Dualhammers]

They should have started this movie earlier in his life when his mom used to dress him up like a girl as a kid

[@Chevy64w]

These movie and the talented Tommy Lee Jones made Macarthur seem 100 times more likeable and impressive than he ever would’ve been in real life, he was a self centered tool bag who honestly didn’t deserve to be portrayed by a legend like Tommy Lee lol

[@bobbyfischerman4811]

Imagine if the General came back to the Biden 2024 USA…

[@TheLAGopher]

He would be attacked by MAGA for replacing authoritarian cult of personality rule with democracy and expanding the franchise to women. He would be attacked by MAGA as a socialist for supporting trade unions,and reducing the power of wealthy Japanese industrialists. He would be attacked by MAGA for respecting civilian institutions and retiring with class vs using mob violence to retain his post. I also wonder what would the General think if he came back to 2024 USA and saw that an ammoral man with no personal courage or integrity wants to return to power on a platform of revenge and authoritarian rule over the common good and human decency.

[@gogutzy]

garbage cgi. was it so expensive to rent a freaking airplane?

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Actually, I thought they did a pretty good job of recreating a Douglas C-54 "Skymaster" both inside and out. It's not perfect, but still does the job quite well.

[@danielroloff9327]

Aah some nice fresh American patriot propaganda.

[@alexs5744]

It’s not propaganda, it’s a movie you schmuck.

[@eodyn7]

It's called American history.

[@raymondlee3414]

Go shine Pooty Poo Pootin's boots and kiss Chairman Xi's sphincter.

[@surfingtothestars]

Looking at Japan today, I'd say things turned out quite well for them considering the situation at the time.

[@shade9272]

Seen as a liberator. yeah right. I'm sure Americans love telling themselves that.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

You don't see the Japanese going back to the way it was politically in their country prior to their surrender to the U.S. in WWII do you?

[@Dev-uc1sk]

​​​@@WAL_DC-6Bjust because japan was forced to accept it's new fate doesn't mean they didn't try to resist it, ya all americans the same, sheep minded, but keep believing your country is the best while they are robbing you. Don't wake up, you are just a cog needed in the system

[@GaijinDT]

@@Dev-uc1sk They aren't forced, they can change their American made Constitution any time they want, they choose not to. Actually they love it so much that is the oldest unamended constitution in the world.