What the War Meant (2008)
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.
Cast
Masaichi Yoshiwara
Hideki Tojo
Akira Muto
Okinori Kaya
Tejiro Toyota
Osamu Tsukada
Osami Nagano
Kojiro Oikawa
Kenro Sato
Kiyoko Ishii
Emperor Showa
Soho Tokutomi
Humimaro Konoe
Shigetaro Shimada
Hajime Mazuyama
Teichi Suzuki
Akiho Ishii
Shigenori Togo
Koichi Kito
