What the War Meant

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.

Release Date

24 December 2008

277 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Masaichi Yoshiwara
Hideki Tojo
Humimaro Konoe
Shigetaro Shimada
Hajime Mazuyama
Teichi Suzuki
Akiho Ishii
Shigenori Togo
Koichi Kito
Okinori Kaya