What the War Meant
movie

Released December 24, 2008
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.
Cast

Katsunori Takahashi
as
Masaichi Yoshiwara

Takeshi Kitano
as
Hideki Tojo

Yuichiro Yamaguchi
as
Humimaro Konoe

Masatô Ibu
as
Shigetaro Shimada
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Tadahiko Hirano
as
Hajime Mazuyama

Ren Osugi
as
Teichi Suzuki

Kazunori Mimura

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