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Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Tokyo, 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…
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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.
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2025
Kamikaze: An Untold History
Movie Archive
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2024
Atomic People
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
TV show Self - Emperor of Japan 1926 - 1989 (archive footage)
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2023
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2017
Stalin's James Bond
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2011
Reagan
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Hiroshima
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1994
FDR
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1992
The Valour and the Horror
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1989
Death of Emperor Showa
Movie Self (Posthumously as the Taikō Tennō (departed Emperor))
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1965
Tokyo Olympiad
Movie Self
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1949
MacArthur's Japan
Movie himself
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1946
Without Reservations
Movie Newsreel (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1945
Betrayal from the East
Movie Hirohito (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1943
December 7th
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1942
The World at War
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1941
Warclouds in the Pacific
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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1939
The Fight For Peace
Movie Self (archive footage)
