and harada says portraying the emperor on screen today also involved taboos.ety of making this film and asked mr hando who wrote the book, and he asked some right—wingers and checked the situation, and maybe it is safe to show the emperor in that way, but to betray the family feud among the emperor's family, nobody tested that water yet. maybe japan, like britain, cannot leave world war ii behind, even though it is 70 years ago. there are so many interesting stories and plots not being exposed yet. injapan, like i said before, there are so many taboos, you cannot do this and do that and it existed — and it seems like now is the time to show some of those hidden truth. at the end of the walk the emperor was living in a secluded palace estate beyond this bridge, nijubashi. he then had to cross another bridge, away from a warlike japan that invaded large parts of asia to a new country of peace and prosperity. but the legacy has never really faded. the relationship with china has remained formal and cool. that bridge has never really been crossed. both countries a