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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What the War Meant Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Yûki Meguro
He was 61, now 77 years old
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as Osamu Tsukada |
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Takeshi Kitano
He was 61, now 78 years old
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as Hideki Tojo |
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Hiroshi Abe
He was 44, now 60 years old
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as Akiho Ishii |
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Masatō Ibu
He was 59, now 75 years old
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as Shigetaro Shimada |
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Katsumi Takahashi
He was 47, now 63 years old
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as Akira Muto |
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Ren Osugi
He was 57, 66 years old when he died
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as Teichi Suzuki |
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Sei Hiraizumi
He was 64, now 81 years old
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as Tejiro Toyota |
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Tôru Masuoka
He was 52, now 68 years old
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as Okinori Kaya |
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Morio Kazama
He was 59, now 75 years old
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as Koichi Kito |
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Yuichi Kimura
He was 45, now 61 years old
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as Kenro Sato |
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Naomasa Musaka
He was 54, now 70 years old
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as Osami Nagano |
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Toshiyuki Nishida
He was 61, now 77 years old
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as Soho Tokutomi |
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Katsunori Takahashi
He was 44, now 60 years old
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as Masaichi Yoshiwara |
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Mansai Nomura
He was 42, now 58 years old
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as Emperor Showa |
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Rei Dan
She was 37, now 53 years old
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as Kiyoko Ishii |
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Isao Hashizume
He was 67, now 83 years old
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as Shigenori Togo |
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Toshio Kurosawa
He was 64, now 81 years old
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as Kojiro Oikawa |
What the War Meant Crew
