Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Biography
Emperor Shōwa (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name Hirohito, was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was succeeded by his fifth child and eldest son, Akihito. By 1979, Hirohito was the only monarch in the world with the title "emperor". He was the longest-reigning historical Japanese emperor and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world.
Known For
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
The Valour and the Horror
Hiroshima
Tokyo Olympiad
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Kamikaze: An Untold History
Without Reservations
December 7th
All Movies (19)
- Kamikaze: An Untold History2025 · as Archive
- Atomic People2024 · as Self (archive footage)
- Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre2023 · as Self (archive footage)
- Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers2021 · as Self (archive footage)
- Stalin's James Bond2017 · as Self (archive footage)
- Mifune: The Last Samurai2016 · as Self (archive footage)
- Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan2016 · as Self (archive footage)
- Reagan2011 · as Self (archive footage)
- Hiroshima2005 · as Self (archive footage)
- Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack2001 · as Self (archive footage)
- Death of Emperor Showa1989 · as Self (Posthumously as the Taikō Tennō (departed Emperor))
- Tokyo Olympiad1965 · as Self
- MacArthur's Japan1949 · as himself
- Without Reservations1946 · as Newsreel (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Betrayal from the East1945 · as Hirohito (archive footage) (uncredited)
- December 7th1943 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The World at War1942 · as Self (archive footage)
- Warclouds in the Pacific1941 · as Himself (archive footage)
- The Fight For Peace1939 · as Self (archive footage)
All TV Shows (2)
- Greatest Events of World War II in Colour2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Valour and the Horror1992 · as Self (archive footage)