About
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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TBS
Original Title
あの戦争は何だったのか 日米開戦と東条英機
Original Language
Japanese
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Cast
Full credits →K
Katsunori Takahashi
Masaichi Yoshiwara
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Takeshi Kitano
Hideki Tojo
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Yuichiro Yamaguchi
Humimaro Konoe
M
Masatô Ibu
Shigetaro Shimada
R
Ren Osugi
Teichi Suzuki
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Kazunori Mimura
H
Hiroshi Abe
Akiho Ishii
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Isao Hashizume
Shigenori Togo
M
Morio Kazama
Koichi Kito
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Katsumi Takahashi
Akira Muto
T
Toru Masuoka
Okinori Kaya
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Sei Hiraizumi
Tejiro Toyota
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Yūki Meguro
Osamu Tsukada
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Naomasa Musaka
Osami Nagano
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Toshio Kurosawa
Kojiro Oikawa
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Yuichi Kimura
Kenro Sato
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Rei Dan
Kiyoko Ishii
M
Mansai Nomura
Emperor Showa
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Toshiyuki Nishida
Soho Tokutomi