As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Feller 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 year earlier in the U.S.
       A story of love and undertanding set amidst the tenion and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur (Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces, a leading Japanese expert, General Bonner Feller (Fox) is charged with reaching a decision of historical importance: should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal? Interwoven is the story of Feller' love affair with Aya, a Japanese exchange student he had met year previously in the U.S. Memories of Aya and his quest to find her in the ravaged post-war landscape help Feller to discover both his wisdom and his humanity and enable him to come to the momentous decision that changed the coure of history and the future of two nation.