---
title: 'The Last War (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shūe Matsubayashi'
released: '1961-10-08'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-war-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055428/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Last War (1961)

1961 · 110 min · Drama, Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: 世界大戦争

## Synopsis

The Last War  is a 1961 Japanese epic tokusatsu science fiction disaster film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it was Toho's second highest-grossing film in Japan that year.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shūe Matsubayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shue-matsubayashi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ikuma Dan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ikuma-dan)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)

## Cast

- [Akira Takarada](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-takarada)
- [Jerry Ito](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-ito)
- [Sō Yamamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/so-yamamura)
- [Eijirō Tōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-tono)
- [Yuriko Hoshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriko-hoshi)
- [Nobuko Otowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuko-otowa)
- [Ken Uehara](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-uehara)
- [Nobuo Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuo-nakamura)
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Yumi Shirakawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/yumi-shirakawa)
- [Frankie Sakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-sakai)

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