Movie: What the War Meant

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Katsunori Takahashi
高橋克典

Masaichi Yoshiwara

Takeshi Kitano
ビートたけし

Hideki Tojo

Yuichiro Yamaguchi
Yuichiro Yamaguchi

Humimaro Konoe

Masatô Ibu
伊武雅刀

Shigetaro Shimada

Tadahiko Hirano
Tadahiko Hirano

Hajime Mazuyama

Ren Osugi
大杉漣

Teichi Suzuki

Kazunori Mimura
三村和敬

Hiroshi Abe
阿部寛

Akiho Ishii

Isao Hashizume
橋爪功

Shigenori Togo

Morio Kazama
風間 杜夫

Koichi Kito

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    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.

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    2008-12-24

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