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What the War Meant
Original title: あの戦争は何だったのか 日米開戦と東条英機
20084h 37mReleased
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.
- Director
- Shin'ichi Kamoshita
- Released
- 24 December 2008
- Studio
- TBS
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Top Cast
Katsunori Takahashi
Masaichi Yoshiwara
Takeshi Kitano
Hideki Tojo
Yuichiro Yamaguchi
Humimaro Konoe
Masatô Ibu
Shigetaro Shimada
Tadahiko Hirano
Hajime Mazuyama
Ren Osugi
Teichi Suzuki
