CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 4h 37m

What the War Meant

IMDbDramaWarHistoryTV Movie

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.

Directed byShin'ichi Kamoshita

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Status
Released
Runtime
4h 37m
Language
JA
Released
December 24, 2008
Studios
TBS

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Shin'ichi Kamoshita
Written by
Shunsaku Ikehata
Produced by
Yasuo Yagi

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