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The Last War

The Last War

Learn what will happen if another global war breaks out!

1961•1h 50m•6.3/10
DramaScience Fiction

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6.3/10(11)

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

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Production

TOHO, Far East Laboratory

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Frankie Sakai

Frankie Sakai

Mokichi Tamura

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Takano

Yuriko Hoshi

Yuriko Hoshi

Saeko Tamura

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Oyoshi Tamura

Yumi Shirakawa

Yumi Shirakawa

Sanae

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Ebara

Jerry Itō

Jerry Itō

Watkins

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Captain Umehara

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Prime Minister Masaki

Ken Uehara

Ken Uehara

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Director of the Mizutani Defense Agency

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Oharu

Minoru Takada

Minoru Takada

Tokyo Defense Command Commander

Shigeki Ishida

Arimura

Naoko Sakabe

Suzue

Kōzō Nomura

Kōzō Nomura

Ishibashi

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

Imoya's Old Man

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Reporter

Nadao Kirino

Nadao Kirino

Tokyo Defense Command Officer

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