What the War Meant

What the War Meant

Drama, War | Dec. 24, 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.

What the War Meant

Drama, War | Dec. 24, 2008

What the War Meant
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.
Producers TBS
Original title あの戦争は何だったのか
Directors Shin'ichi Kamoshita
Writers Shunsaku Ikehata

Cast

Katsunori Takahashi

as Masaichi Yoshiwara

Takeshi Kitano

as Hideki Tojo

Yuichiro Yamaguchi

as Humimaro Konoe

Masatō Ibu

as Shigetaro Shimada

Tadahiko Hirano

as Hajime Mazuyama

Ren Osugi

as Teichi Suzuki

Hiroshi Abe

as Akiho Ishii

Isao Hashizume

as Shigenori Togo

Morio Kazama

as Koichi Kito

Katsumi Takahashi

as Akira Muto

Toru Masuoka

as Okinori Kaya

Sei Hiraizumi

as Tejiro Toyota

Yûki Meguro

as Osamu Tsukada

Naomasa Musaka

as Osami Nagano

Toshio Kurosawa

as Kojiro Oikawa

Yuichi Kimura

as Kenro Sato

Rei Dan

as Kiyoko Ishii

Mansai Nomura

as Emperor Showa

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Soho Tokutomi