Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Born: 1901-04-29 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1989-01-07
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Kamikaze: An Untold History as Archive
2024
- Atomic People as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Greatest Events of World War II in Colour as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Stalin's James Bond as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self (archive footage)
- Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Reagan as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Hiroshima as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack as Self (archive footage)
1992
- The Valour and the Horror as Self (archive footage)
1989
- Death of Emperor Showa as Self (Posthumously as the Taikō Tennō (departed Emperor))
1965
- Tokyo Olympiad as Self
1949
- MacArthur's Japan as himself
1946
- Without Reservations as Newsreel (archive footage) (uncredited)
1945
- Betrayal from the East as Hirohito (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
- December 7th as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
- The World at War as Self (archive footage)
1941
- Warclouds in the Pacific as Himself (archive footage)
1939
- The Fight For Peace as Self (archive footage)