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What the War Meant (2008)
Directed by Shin'ichi Kamoshita
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.
Actors
Takeshi Kitano | Toshio Kurosawa | Hiroshi Abe | Morio Kazama | Yuichi Kimura | Katsumi Takahashi | Sei Hiraizumi | Masatō Ibu | Katsunori Takahashi | Tôru Masuoka | Rei Dan | Naomasa Musaka | Ren Osugi | Mansai Nomura | Toshiyuki Nishida | Isao Hashizume | Yûki Meguro | Yuichiro Yamaguchi | Tadahiko Hirano | Kazunori Mimura