The Last War (1961)
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The Last War (世界大戦争 is a Sekai Daisensō, lit. The Great World War)1961 tokusatsu science-fiction film produced by Toho. It was released to Japanese theaters on October 8, 1961.
Plot
16 years after World War II japan recovered after the war. Meanwhile an Ally training excercies takes place. A Russian Federation is spotted by an anti-submarine, an Allies submarine gives chase. Mokichi Kimura arrives home and greets his family after a days work as a taxi driver. A naval ship spots an umknown object falling from the sky Officer then sends a message to the coast gaurd
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
- Miniatures by Yoshio Irie
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]
- Death-Rays from Outer Space (Todesstrahlen aus dem Weltall; Germany)
- The Last War of the Apocalypse (La Dernière Guerre de l'Apocalypse; France)
Theatrical Releases
U.S. Release
Box Office
Video Releases
Videos
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Trivia
- For the scenes depicting the destruction of Paris, Moscow, New York, London, and Tokyo, Eiji Tsuburaya suggested created miniatures out if paraffin, before it was suggested to use wafers. In a 1996 interview, miniature builder Yoshio Irie recalled "Since the destruction of the world's cities was going to be such a crucial element of The Great World War, we tried to find a substance that would produce especially convincing results when blown up. We experimented with many different materials, but found that wafers worked best. Unfortunately, we also found that mice liked to eat the wafers."[3]
- In order to combat the issue of mice eating the wafers, several of the miniatures were hung and filmed upside down, which ultimately made them look in the finished film like they were being blasted high into the air.[3]
References
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