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What the War Meant (2008)

NR | Dec 24, 2008 (JP) | Drama, War, History, TV Movie | 04:37

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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Katsunori Takahashi
Masaichi Yoshiwara
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Takeshi Kitano
Hideki Tojo
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Yuichiro Yamaguchi
Humimaro Konoe
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Masatô Ibu
Shigetaro Shimada
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Tadahiko Hirano
Hajime Mazuyama
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Ren Osugi
Teichi Suzuki
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Hiroshi Abe
Akiho Ishii
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Isao Hashizume
Shigenori Togo
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Morio Kazama
Koichi Kito

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