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The Last War is a 1961 tokusatsu science fiction drama film directed by Shue Matsubayashi and written by Toshio Yasumi and Takeshi Kimura, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced by Toho, it stars Frankie Sakai, Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Nobuko Otawa, Yumi Shirakawa, Chishu Ryu, and Jerry Ito. The film was released to Japanese theaters by Toho on October 8, 1961, and premiered in the non-contiguous United States in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 3, 1962, following a sneak preview on December 29, 1961. Brenco Pictures Corporation produced an English-dubbed version for wider American audiences, which saw release in November 1968 at one Southern California drive-in before being picked up years later by Heritage Enterprises and sold to television.
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