What the War Meant (2008)

• 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.

Release date

December 24, 2008

Runtime

4h 37m

Language

Japanese

Director

Shin'ichi Kamoshita

Status

Released