What the War Meant
2008-12-24 | 277 minutes
Plot 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.
Cast
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Katsunori TakahashiMasaichi Yoshiwara
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Takeshi KitanoHideki Tojo
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Masatō IbuShigetaro Shimada
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Ren OsugiTeichi Suzuki
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Kazunori Mimura
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Hiroshi AbeAkiho Ishii
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Isao HashizumeShigenori Togo
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Morio KazamaKoichi Kito
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Katsumi TakahashiAkira Muto
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Toru MasuokaOkinori Kaya
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Sei HiraizumiTejiro Toyota
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Yûki MeguroOsamu Tsukada
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Naomasa MusakaOsami Nagano
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Toshio KurosawaKojiro Oikawa
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Yuichi KimuraKenro Sato
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Rei DanKiyoko Ishii
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Mansai NomuraEmperor Showa
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Toshiyuki NishidaSoho Tokutomi
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