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.
For 97 years, Academy of Motion Pictures members were allowed to vote for or against movies they had not bothered to watch. This new rule mandating voters watch every movie in every category they vote on will take effect in time for the 98th Academy Awards ceremony next March.