What the War Meant

Original title: あの戦争は何だったのか 日米開戦と東条英機
Duration: 277 min
Release date: 2008-12-24
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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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あの戦争は何だったのか 日米開戦と東条英機

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