Replaced by Koiso, he was eventually hung for war crimes after a failed suicide attempt.
He is shown as a proponent of family values and victim of circumstance in the film Pride. He was commerce and industry minister, war minister, and Chief of the General Staff during his own prime ministry, but fell when his whole cabinet resigned after the loss of the Marianas. Replaced by Koiso, he was eventually hung for war crimes after a failed suicide attempt. For 10 points, name this successor to Konoe Fumimaro and advocate of the "New Order in Asia," who was, from 1941 to 1944, premier of Japan.
He is shown as a proponent of family values and victim of circumstance in the film Pride.
{Tojo} Hideki [or Hideki {Tojo}]