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.

• Shunsaku IkehataScreenplay
• Shin'ichi KamoshitaDirector

• Katsunori TakahashiMasaichi Yoshiwara
• Takeshi KitanoHideki Tojo
• Yuichiro YamaguchiHumimaro Konoe
• Masatô IbuShigetaro Shimada
• Tadahiko HiranoHajime Mazuyama
• Ren OsugiTeichi Suzuki
• Kazunori MimuraCast
• Hiroshi AbeAkiho Ishii
• Isao HashizumeShigenori Togo
• Morio KazamaKoichi Kito
• Katsumi TakahashiAkira Muto
• Toru MasuokaOkinori Kaya