Having confessed himself in " not being interested in the history or politics which took place , and not really being interested in historical events of the period " , Sokurov gives a personal impression of Hirohito while omitting all references to questions surrounding the Tokyo tribunal regarding the personal responsibility of the emperor as head of the Imperial General Headquarters in relation to Japanese war crimes . That omission results in the imperial conference between the emperor and his council and his meeting with MacArthur , in fact , contain none of the words actually related to imperial interpreter Katsuzō Okumura 's transcript . For example , as noted by Okumura , MacArthur praised the emperor 's " august virtue " ( '' miitsu '' )
Japanese war crimes
Japanese war crimes
The Sun (film)