What the War Meant

What the War Meant  - Movie (2008)

Original title

あの戦争は何だったのか 日米開戦と東条英機

Released

12/24/2008

Origin country

JP

Genre

Drama, History, TV Movie, War

Production companies

TBS

Budget

Revenue

Runtime

4hr 37min

Description

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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