- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 29, 1901
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- January 7, 1989
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
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
movieKamikaze: An Untold History
2025 · Archive
movieAtomic People
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieLe Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieMedia Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvGreatest Events of World War II in Colour
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieStalin's James Bond
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieMifune: The Last Samurai
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieTokyo Trial: Judging Japan
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieReagan
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieHiroshima
2005 · Self (archive footage)
moviePearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
2001 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Valour and the Horror
1992 · Self (archive footage)
movieDeath of Emperor Showa
1989 · Self (Posthumously as the Taikō Tennō (departed Emperor))
movieTokyo Olympiad
1965 · Self
MacArthur's Japan
movieMacArthur's Japan
1949 · himself
movieWithout Reservations
1946 · Newsreel (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBetrayal from the East
1945 · Hirohito (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieDecember 7th
1943 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe World at War
1942 · Self (archive footage)
Warclouds in the Pacific
movieWarclouds in the Pacific
1941 · Himself (archive footage)
movieThe Fight For Peace
1939 · Self (archive footage)