Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/29/1901
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
昭和天皇裕仁Shōwa Tennō
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
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.
Known For
Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Hiroshima
as Self (archive footage)
Tokyo Olympiad
as Self
December 7th
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self (archive footage)
Without Reservations
as Newsreel (archive footage) (uncredited)
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
as Self (archive footage)
Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
as Self (archive footage)
Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
as Self (archive footage)
The Fight For Peace
as Self (archive footage)
Betrayal from the East
as Hirohito (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
as Self (archive footage)
Kamikaze: An Untold History
as Archive
Death of Emperor Showa
as Self (Posthumously as the Taikō Tennō (departed Emperor))
The World at War
as Self (archive footage)
Atomic People
as Self (archive footage)
Stalin's James Bond
as Self (archive footage)