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.
Director:
Shin'ichi Kamoshita
Writer:
Shunsaku Ikehata
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Katsunori Takahashi as Masaichi Yoshiwara |
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Takeshi Kitano as Hideki Tojo |
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Yuichiro Yamaguchi as Humimaro Konoe |
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Masatô Ibu as Shigetaro Shimada |
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Tadahiko Hirano as Hajime Mazuyama |
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Ren Osugi as Teichi Suzuki |
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Kazunori Mimura as |
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Hiroshi Abe as Akiho Ishii |
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Isao Hashizume as Shigenori Togo |
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Morio Kazama as Koichi Kito |
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Katsumi Takahashi as Akira Muto |
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Toru Masuoka as Okinori Kaya |
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Sei Hiraizumi as Tejiro Toyota |
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Yūki Meguro as Osamu Tsukada |
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Naomasa Musaka as Osami Nagano |
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Toshio Kurosawa as Kojiro Oikawa |
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Yuichi Kimura as Kenro Sato |
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Rei Dan as Kiyoko Ishii |
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Mansai Nomura as Emperor Showa |
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Toshiyuki Nishida as Soho Tokutomi |
| Directing | Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Director |
| Writing | Shunsaku Ikehata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masayasu Hosaka | Original Story |
| Production | Yasuo Yagi | Producer |
