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Hirohito: Behind the Myth

08/12/1988

Domestic version - with Chyron

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Program

Hirohito: Behind the Myth

Program Description

This documentary charges that the Emperor was not the passive figurehead that all Japanese believed him to be, but rather a complicate and assertive leader. The program chronicles Hirohito's life.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Biography

History

Citation

Chicago: “Hirohito: Behind the Myth,” 08/12/1988, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B98DA6A78CE04406972BD74962F507BD.

MLA: “Hirohito: Behind the Myth.” 08/12/1988. GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B98DA6A78CE04406972BD74962F507BD>.

APA: Hirohito: Behind the Myth. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B98DA6A78CE04406972BD74962F507BD