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