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What the War Meant 2008
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita
Writer: Masayasu Hosaka, Shunsaku Ikehata
Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Katsunori Takahashi
Released: 24 Dec 2008
Runtime: 277 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
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.
Ratings
Internet Movie Database
8.4/10
