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8 January 1967 (USA)
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The Next War Will Be the Last War. See more »
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Cast
(in credits order) | Frankie Sakai | ||
| Akira Takarada | ... | Takano |
| Yuriko Hoshi | ||
| Nobuko Otowa | ||
| Yumi Shirakawa | ||
| Chieko Nakakita | ||
| Shinpei Tsuchiya | ||
| Eijirô Tôno | ||
| Ken Uehara | ||
| Kôji Uno | ||
| Harold Conway | ||
| Toshiko Nakano | ||
| Minoru Takada | ||
| Nadao Kirino | ||
| Seizaburô Kawazu | ||
| Shigeki Ishida | ||
| Toshihiko Furuta | ||
| Yutaka Sada | ||
 | Chishû Ryû | ||
| Wataru Ômae | ||
| Yutaka Oka | ||
| Kôzô Nomura | ||
| Nobuo Nakamura | ||
| Jerry Ito | ||
| Osman Yusuf | ||
| Hank Brown | ||
| Daniel Jones | ||
| Hans Horneff | ||
| Howard Larson | ||
| Roy Leonard | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Paul Frees | ... | (voice: English version) |
| Tazue Ichimanji | ... | Neighbor |
| Masaki Shinohara | ||
| Kôji Uruki | ||
 | Sô Yamamura | ... | Prime Minister |
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| Shûe Matsubayashi | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Takeshi Kimura | ||
| Toshio Yasumi | ||
Produced by | |||
| Edward L. Alperson | .... | executive producer (English version) | |
| Sanezumi Fujimoto | .... | producer | |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | .... | producer | |
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| Ikuma Dan | |||
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| Rokurô Nishigaki | |||
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| Kôichi Iwashita | |||
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| Teruaki Abe | |||
| Takeo Kita | |||
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| Yasuyoshi Tajitsu | .... | chief assistant director | |
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| Hisashi Shimonaga | .... | sound effects | |
| Fumio Yanoguchi | .... | sound recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Teruyoshi Nakano | .... | assistant director: special effects | |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | .... | special effects director | |
| Akira Watanabe | .... | art director: special effects | |
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| Sadamasa Arikawa | .... | special effects camera | |
| Kuichirô Kishida | .... | special effects lighting | |
| Hiroshi Mukoyama | .... | special effects opticals | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Kenneth Wannberg | .... | editor: US version | |
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- Toho Company (1961) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Medallion Pictures (USA) (dubbed)
- Toho Company (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
- Video Gems (USA) (video)
- Toho Studios sound stages
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"Sekai daisensô" - Japan (original title)
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110 min | USA:79 min (English dubbed version)
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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For days after watching this movie for the first time (summer of 1982 on TV), I would start crying everytime I thought of it. The version I watched was dubbed in English and titled The Last War. One part of the movie that was especially memorable to me (and inspired several poems) was where Seiko (the oldest child) returns home (after spending time with her boyfriend) to be with her folks and kid brother and sister so they can all die together when the bombs and missiles all hit in a matter of mere hours. She goes out into the back yard where her mother has just planted some tulip bulbs and breaks down and cries, saying that, next spring, all of the tulips will come up, but nobody will be left to see them. This movie was an ancestor to THE DAY AFTER, which was also well-made and driving the message home. In spite of the fact that THE LAST WAR was more of a low-budget film, it was, in many ways, more haunting than THE DAY AFTER. Anybody who thinks that war is cool instead of a last-resort necessary evil should watch this movie and understand that war isn't some sort of video game you play and then go eat and do your homework.