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