What the War Meant

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Katsunori Takahashi Masaichi Yoshiwara

Takeshi Kitano Hideki Tojo

Yuichiro Yamaguchi Humimaro Konoe

Masatô Ibu Shigetaro Shimada

Tadahiko Hirano Hajime Mazuyama