What the War Meant (2008)

0.0/10 • 277 min • Drama War History TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Katsunori Takahashi

Masaichi Yoshiwara

Takeshi Kitano

Yuichiro Yamaguchi

Masatô Ibu

Shigetaro Shimada

Ren Osugi

Kazunori Mimura

Hiroshi Abe

Isao Hashizume

Morio Kazama

Katsumi Takahashi

Toru Masuoka

Sei Hiraizumi

Yūki Meguro

Naomasa Musaka

Toshio Kurosawa

Yuichi Kimura

Rei Dan

Mansai Nomura

Toshiyuki Nishida

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