Name: What the War Meant
Genre: Drama, War, History, TV Movie
Released: 2008-12-24
Duration: 4 h 37 min
Cast: Katsunori Takahashi, Takeshi Kitano, Yuichiro Yamaguchi, Masatô Ibu, Tadahiko Hirano

What the War Meant

TMDB NR20084h 37mReleased

Drama War History TV Movie

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.

Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita
Released: Dec 24, 2008