Details
Title: あの戦争は何だったのか
Title (romaji): Ano Senso wa Nan Datta no ka
Tagline: 日米開戦と東條英機
Tagline (romaji): Nichibei Kaisen to Hideki Tojo
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Historical
Viewership rating: 13.6
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast date: 2008-Dec-24
Airtime: Wednesday 19:00
Synopsis
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. --Tokyograph
Cast
Beat Takeshi as Hideki Tojo
Abe Hiroshi
Takahashi Katsunori
Hashizume Isao
Yamaguchi Yuichiro
Kazama Morio
Ibu Masato
Takahashi Katsumi
Hirano Tadahiko
Masuoka Toru
Osugi Ren
Hiraizumi Sei
Meguro Yuki (目黒祐樹)
Musaka Naomasa
Kurosawa Toshio
Kimura Yuichi
Dan Rei
Nomura Mansai
Nishida Toshiyuki
Mimura Kazunori as Ishii Akinori
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Ikehata Shunsaku (池端俊策)
Producers: Yagi Yasuo, Tsutsumi Keita (堤慶太), Nasuda Jun
Director: Kamoshita Shinichi (鴨下信一)
