Where to watch Emperor Hirohito of Japan in the UK
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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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- Greatest Events of World War II in Colour (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Tokyo Olympiad (1965) as Self
- Without Reservations (1946) as Newsreel (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Hiroshima (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- The Valour and the Horror (1992) as Self (archive footage)
- Reagan (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- December 7th (1943) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Fight For Peace (1939) as Self (archive footage)
- Betrayal from the East (1945) as Hirohito (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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)
- Atomic People (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Stalin's James Bond (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- Warclouds in the Pacific (1941) as Himself (archive footage)
- Kamikaze: An Untold History (2025) as Archive
- Death of Emperor Showa (1989) as Self (Posthumously as the Taikō Tennō (departed Emperor))
- MacArthur's Japan (1949) as himself
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Most-watched Emperor Hirohito of Japan films currently: Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016), Tokyo Olympiad (1965), Without Reservations (1946), Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers (2021), Hiroshima (2005).
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Selected TV credits: Greatest Events of World War II in Colour (2019), The Valour and the Horror (1992).
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