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What the War Meant

What the War Meant

20084h 37m

Overview

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 by Shin'ichi Kamoshita
Written by Shunsaku Ikehata, Masayasu Hosaka
Produced by Yasuo Yagi
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Top Cast

Katsunori Takahashi

Katsunori Takahashi

Masaichi Yoshiwara

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Hideki Tojo

Yuichiro Yamaguchi

Yuichiro Yamaguchi

Humimaro Konoe

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Shigetaro Shimada

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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

Themes & Keywords

world war iipearl harbor

About What the War Meant

What the War Meant is a drama, war, history, tv movie film released in 2008 exploring themes of world war ii, pearl harbor. Directed by Shin'ichi Kamoshita, it stars Katsunori Takahashi, Takeshi Kitano, Yuichiro Yamaguchi. 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.

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