What the War Meant
2008The 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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Katsunori Takahashi
as Masaichi Yoshiwara
Takeshi Kitano
as Hideki Tojo
Yuichiro Yamaguchi
as Humimaro Konoe
Masatô Ibu
as Shigetaro Shimada
Tadahiko Hirano
as Hajime Mazuyama
Ren Osugi
as Teichi Suzuki
Kazunori Mimura
Hiroshi Abe
as Akiho Ishii
Isao Hashizume
as Shigenori Togo
Morio Kazama
as Koichi Kito
Katsumi Takahashi
as Akira Muto
Toru Masuoka
as Okinori Kaya
Sei Hiraizumi
as Tejiro Toyota
Yûki Meguro
as Osamu Tsukada
Naomasa Musaka
as Osami Nagano
Toshio Kurosawa
as Kojiro Oikawa
Yuichi Kimura
as Kenro Sato
Rei Dan
as Kiyoko Ishii
Mansai Nomura
as Emperor Showa
Toshiyuki Nishida
as Soho Tokutomi
