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The Last War is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Shūe Matsubayashi with Frankie Sakai
The Last War (1961)
Sekai daisensō
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Add to a movie listThe Last War, known in Japan as Sekai Daisensō (世界大戦争, lit. "Great World War"), is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1961. Its special effects were created by Eiji Tsuburaya who is also known for working on Godzilla and Ultraman.
Toshio Yasumi's script for the film was reused for Prophecies of Nostradamus, which also included re-edits of the film's special effects, in addition to its family melodrama center.
The film is not to be confused with the 1960 Toei film The Final War, which told the story of a nuclear accident over North Korea that starts war with Japan caught as an innocent victim. The said film is also known as World War III Breaks Out.
Synopsis
Japanese merchantman Takano arrives back home with his crew after a long cruise and has a flashback.Actors
Frankie Sakai
(Mokichi Tamura)
Akira Takarada
(Takano)
Yuriko Hoshi
(Saeko Tamura)
Nobuko Otowa
(Oyoshi Tamura)
Yumi Shirakawa
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