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What the War Meant

What the War Meant

2008•4h 37m•Drama•War•History

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.

Shunsaku Ikehata · Screenplay

Shin'ichi Kamoshita · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime4h 37m
LanguageJA
Release DateDec 24, 2008

Actors

Katsunori Takahashi

Katsunori Takahashi

Masaichi Yoshiwara

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Hideki Tojo

Yuichiro Yamaguchi

Yuichiro Yamaguchi

Humimaro Konoe

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Shigetaro Shimada

Tadahiko Hirano

Hajime Mazuyama

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Teichi Suzuki

Kazunori Mimura

Kazunori Mimura

Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi Abe

Akiho Ishii

Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume

Shigenori Togo

Morio Kazama

Morio Kazama

Koichi Kito

Katsumi Takahashi

Katsumi Takahashi

Akira Muto

Toru Masuoka

Toru Masuoka

Okinori Kaya

Sei Hiraizumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Tejiro Toyota

Yūki Meguro

Yūki Meguro

Osamu Tsukada

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Osami Nagano

Toshio Kurosawa

Toshio Kurosawa

Kojiro Oikawa

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