What the War Meant [456227] Released: 2008-12-24 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 277 mins Popularity: 0.3319 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: 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. Cast [20] Katsunori TakahashiMasaichi Yoshiwara Takeshi KitanoHideki Tojo Yuichiro YamaguchiHumimaro Konoe Masatô IbuShigetaro Shimada Tadahiko HiranoHajime Mazuyama Ren OsugiTeichi Suzuki Kazunori Mimura Hiroshi AbeAkiho Ishii Isao HashizumeShigenori Togo Morio KazamaKoichi Kito Katsumi TakahashiAkira Muto Toru MasuokaOkinori Kaya Sei HiraizumiTejiro Toyota Yūki MeguroOsamu Tsukada Naomasa MusakaOsami Nagano Toshio KurosawaKojiro Oikawa Yuichi KimuraKenro Sato Rei DanKiyoko Ishii Mansai NomuraEmperor Showa Toshiyuki NishidaSoho Tokutomi Trailers