What the War Meant
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.
Top Cast

Katsunori Takahashi
as Masaichi Yoshiwara
Masaichi Yoshiwara

Takeshi Kitano
as Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tojo

Yuichiro Yamaguchi
as Humimaro Konoe
Humimaro Konoe
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