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