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