Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Birthday: 1901-04-29
Place of Birth: Tokyo, 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.
Movies
Without Reservations
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train...
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Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
The 100 years of history of the Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo show that wrong press can be a socia...
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Warclouds in the Pacific
This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly establi...
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most promi...
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The World at War
Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War....
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The Fight For Peace
A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussoli...
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December 7th
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering ...
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Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
The story of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trial, which, ...
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Betrayal from the East
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal....
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Stalin's James Bond
An account of the troubled life of Richard Sorge (1895-1944), a Soviet spy of German origin who play...
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Reagan
Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world...
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Tokyo Olympiad
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds...
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Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
Documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw. National Geographic delves into the untold storylines and unreso...
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Kamikaze: An Untold History
On the Pacific front, towards the end of World War II, Japan's imperial armed forces launched 'kamik...
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Atomic People
Combining personal accounts with archive footage, this film features the voices of some of the only ...
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Death of Emperor Showa
In 1989, Emperor Shōwa passed away. The procession was televised, and between 800,000 and 2 million ...
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Hiroshima
The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. C...
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