What the War Meant

(2008)

★ 8.4 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: Drama, War, History, телевизионный фильм

Year: 2008

Runtime: 277 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 鴨下信一

Cast: 高橋克典, Такеши Китано, 山口祐一郎, 伊武雅刀, 平野忠彦, 大杉漣, Кадзунори Мимура, Хироси Абэ, Исао Хашидзумэ, Морио Кадзама

Plot

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.