What the War Meant
2008•4h 37m•Released
DramaWarHistoryTV Movie
The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period between the Imperial Conference (Gozen Kaigi) on September 6, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Director
Shin'ichi Kamoshita
Writer
Shunsaku Ikehata
Languages
Japanese
Studio
TBS
Cast
Katsunori Takahashi
Masaichi Yoshiwara
Takeshi Kitano
Hideki Tojo
Yuichiro Yamaguchi
Humimaro Konoe
Masatô Ibu
Shigetaro Shimada
Tadahiko Hirano
Hajime Mazuyama
Ren Osugi
Teichi Suzuki
Kazunori Mimura
Hiroshi Abe
Akiho Ishii
Isao Hashizume
Shigenori Togo
Morio Kazama
Koichi Kito
Katsumi Takahashi
Akira Muto
Toru Masuoka
Okinori Kaya
Sei Hiraizumi
Tejiro Toyota
Yūki Meguro
Osamu Tsukada
Naomasa Musaka
Osami Nagano
Production
Company
TBS
Producer
Yasuo Yagi
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