What the War Meant

What the War Meant (2008)


  • Genre: Drama, War, History
  • Release Date: 2008-12-24
  • Runtime: 4h 37min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TBS
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita

Summary

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.

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  • Katsunori Takahashi

    as Masaichi Yoshiwara
  • Takeshi Kitano

    as Hideki Tojo
  • Yuichiro Yamaguchi

    as Humimaro Konoe
  • Masatô Ibu

    as Shigetaro Shimada
  • Tadahiko Hirano

    as Hajime Mazuyama
  • Ren Osugi

    as Teichi Suzuki
  • Kazunori Mimura

    as
  • Hiroshi Abe

    as Akiho Ishii
  • Isao Hashizume

    as Shigenori Togo
  • Morio Kazama

    as Koichi Kito
  • Katsumi Takahashi

    as Akira Muto
  • Toru Masuoka

    as Okinori Kaya
  • Sei Hiraizumi

    as Tejiro Toyota
  • Yūki Meguro

    as Osamu Tsukada
  • Naomasa Musaka

    as Osami Nagano
  • Toshio Kurosawa

    as Kojiro Oikawa
  • Yuichi Kimura

    as Kenro Sato
  • Rei Dan

    as Kiyoko Ishii
  • Mansai Nomura

    as Emperor Showa
  • Toshiyuki Nishida

    as Soho Tokutomi
Directing Shin'ichi Kamoshita Director
Writing Shunsaku Ikehata Screenplay
Writing Masayasu Hosaka Original Story

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