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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.
Length 277 minutes
Actors
Katsunori Takahashi | Takeshi Kitano | Yuichiro Yamaguchi | Masatō Ibu | Tadahiko Hirano | Ren Osugi | Kazunori Mimura | Hiroshi Abe | Isao Hashizume | Morio Kazama | Katsumi Takahashi | Tôru Masuoka | Sei Hiraizumi | Yûki Meguro | Naomasa Musaka | Toshio Kurosawa | Yuichi Kimura | Rei Dan | Mansai Nomura | Toshiyuki Nishida