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What the War Meant(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-12-24
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Time: 4h 37m
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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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Movie: What the War Meant
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高橋克典
Masaichi Yoshiwara
ビートたけし
Hideki Tojo
Yuichiro Yamaguchi
Humimaro Konoe
伊武雅刀
Shigetaro Shimada
大杉漣
Teichi Suzuki
三村和敬
阿部寛
Akiho Ishii
橋爪功
Shigenori Togo
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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