About 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.
Movie details
- Release date
- 2008-12-24
- Runtime
- 4h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, War, History, TV Movie
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Shin'ichi Kamoshita
- Writers
- Shunsaku Ikehata, Masayasu Hosaka
Cast
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