Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Born: April 29, 1901
Died: January 7, 1989
in 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 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.

Movies for Emperor Hirohito of Japan...

Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Title: Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 29, 2023
Type: Movie
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Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
Title: Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2021
Type: Movie
The 100 years of history of the Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo show that wrong press can be a social weapon.
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Title: Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 12, 2019
Type: TV
Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a whole new light.
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Stalin's James Bond
Title: Stalin's James Bond
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 30, 2017
Type: Movie
An account of the troubled life of Richard Sorge (1895-1944), a Soviet spy of German origin who played a decisive role in the outcome of World War II.
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
Title: Mifune: The Last Samurai
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 2, 2016
Type: Movie
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
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Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
Title: Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trial, which, just after the Second World War, was established in Japan as a special jurisdiction in 1946 (it was closed in 1948) to judge the war crimes of the Japanese leaders; and how and why officials in Washington prevented Emperor Hirohito to be seen sat on the bench.
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Propaganda
Title: Propaganda
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 14, 2013
Type: Movie
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.
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Reagan
Title: Reagan
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president, Ronald Reagan.
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Title: The Valour and the Horror
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 12, 1992
Type: TV
Mini-series investigating three significant Canadian battles in World War II.
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Tokyo Olympiad
Title: Tokyo Olympiad
Character: Self
Released: March 20, 1965
Type: Movie
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.
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Without Reservations
Title: Without Reservations
Character: Newsreel (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
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Betrayal from the East
Title: Betrayal from the East
Character: Hirohito (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: April 24, 1945
Type: Movie
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
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December 7th
Title: December 7th
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1943
Type: Movie
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
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The World at War
Title: The World at War
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War.
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Warclouds in the Pacific
Title: Warclouds in the Pacific
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: December 24, 1941
Type: Movie
This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak of World War II. Facing the greatest threat in their history, the democracies of the Pacific took careful stock of this new Japan and its strength, and erected a vast system of defence across the world's greatest ocean.
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The Fight For Peace
Title: The Fight For Peace
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini.