The Last War

The Last War

Alternate titles

The Great World War (1961)
See alternate titles

Directed by

Shūe Matsubayashi

Producer

Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka^[1]

Written by

Toshio Yasumi, Takeshi Kimura

Music by

Ikuma Dan

Distributor

Toho^JP
Brenco Pictures^US

Box office

¥284,900,000^[2]

Running time

110 minutes^JP
(1 hour, 50 minutes)
79 minutes^US
(1 hour, 19 minutes)

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The Last War (世界大戦争, Sekai Daisensō, lit. The Great World War) is a 1961 tokusatsu science-fiction film produced by Toho. It was released to Japanese theaters on October 8, 1961.

Plot

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Takes place during the Cold War and tensions with NATO and the Warsaw Pact are getting extreme.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Directed by Shūe Matsubayashi
Produced by Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Music by Ikuma Dan
Cinematography by Rokuro Nishigaki, Sadamasa Arikawa
Edited by Koichi Iwashita
Production design by Takeo Kita, Teruaki Abe, Akira Watanabe
Assistant directing by Yasuyoshi Tajitsu
Screenplay by Toshio Yasumi, Takeshi Kimura
Audio Recording by Fumio Yanoguchi
Lighting by Hiromitsu Mori, Kuichiro Kishida
Mixing by Hisashi Shimonaga
Film Developing by Toyo Laboratory
Executive Producer Boku Morimoto, Kan Narita
Director of Special Effects Eiji Tsuburaya
Optical Cinematography by Takao Yu, Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Matte Painting by Hiroshi Mukoyama

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

Frankie Sakai as Mokichi Tamura
Akira Takarada as Takano
Yuriko Hoshi as Saeko Tamura
Nobuko Otawa as Mokichi's Wife
Yumi Shirakawa as Saeko
Jerry Ito as Watkins
Shigeki Ishida as Arimura
Seizaburo Kawazu as Defense Agency General
Minoru Takada as Tokyo Defense Commander
Toshiko Nakano as Neighbor
So Yamamura as Prime Minister
Ken Uehara as Foreign Minister
Nobuo Nakamura as Chief Cabinet Secretary
Robert Dunham as Allied Forces Personnel
Hank Brown as Federal Army Lieutenant
Howard Larson as Federal Army Personnel
Chieko Nakakita as
Shinpei Tsuchiya as
Eijiro Tono as
So Yamamura as
Koji Uno as
Harold Conway as Federal Missile Base Commander
Nadao Kirino as
Yutaka Sada as
Chishu Ryu as
Wataru Omae as
Yutaka Oka as
Kozo Nomura as
Hans Horneff as
Roy Leonard as
Daniel Jones as
Osman Yusuf as Allied Strategic Bomber Radioman
Toshihiko Furuta as
Haruo Nakajima as Policeman

Appearances

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races

Federation
- Federal Missile Tank
- Nuclear Missile
- Federal Attack Submarine
Alliance
- Allied Fighter Plane
- Allied Attack Submarine

Production

Gallery

Main article: The Last War/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: The Last War (Soundtrack).

Alternate Titles

World War III: the Day of Tokyo's End (第三次世界大戦東京最後の日; Early Japanese title)^[1]

Theatrical Releases

U.S. Release

Box Office

Video Releases

Videos

The Last War Japanese trailer (reconstruction)

The Last War International trailer

The Last War American TV trailer

The Last War American TV spot

Trivia

References

This is a list of references for The Last War. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works. Village Books. 28 September 2012. pp. 59–60. ISBN 4-864-91013-8. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Kinema Junpo Best Ten 85 Times Full History 1924→2011. Kinema Junpo. 2012. p. 180. ISBN 9784873767550.

Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Short films

"Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Godzilla: The Real 4-D (2017) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "The Faceless Star" (2019) • Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019) • Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "The Impact of a Blue Day" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • "GO YOUR WAY" (2023) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023) • Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo (2024)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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