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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.

  • Drama
  • War
  • History
  • TV Movie

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Katsunori TakahashiKatsunori TakahashiMasaichi Yoshiwara
  • Photo of Takeshi KitanoTakeshi KitanoHideki Tojo
  • Photo of Yuichiro YamaguchiYuichiro YamaguchiHumimaro Konoe
  • Photo of Masatô IbuMasatô IbuShigetaro Shimada
  • Photo of Tadahiko HiranoTadahiko HiranoHajime Mazuyama
  • Photo of Ren OsugiRen OsugiTeichi Suzuki
  • Photo of Kazunori MimuraKazunori Mimura
  • Photo of Hiroshi AbeHiroshi AbeAkiho Ishii
  • Photo of Isao HashizumeIsao HashizumeShigenori Togo
  • Photo of Morio KazamaMorio KazamaKoichi Kito

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