What the War Meant (2008)
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.
What the War MeantDrama, War, History, TV Movie
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
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