United States / Dec 29, 1961 / English subtitled preview screening at Nippon Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Learn what will happen if another global war breaks out!
1h 50min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Eijirō Tōno | Captain Umehara |
| So Yamamura | Prime Minister Masaki |
| Ken Uehara | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seizaburō Kawazu | Director of the Mizutani Defense Agency |
| Nobuo Nakamura | Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa |
| Chieko Nakakita | Oharu |
| Minoru Takada | Tokyo Defense Command Commander |
| Shigeki Ishida | Arimura |
| Naoko Sakabe | Suzue |
| Kōzō Nomura | Ishibashi |
| Masao Oda | Imoya's Old Man |
| Yutaka Sada | Reporter |
| Nadao Kirino | Tokyo Defense Command Officer |
| Kôji Uno | Tokyo Defense Command Officer |
| Toshihiko Furuta | Helicopter Crew Member |
| Kyoko Mori | Nursery Teacher |
| Teruko Mita | Izawa Nursery Teacher |
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| Jiro Kumagaya | Minister of Health and Welfare |
| Sōji Ubukata | Minister of Education |
| Shirō Tsuchiya | Minister of Justice |
| Keiichirō Katsumoto | Neighbor |
| Naoya Kusakawa | Helicopter Crew Member |
| Wataru Ōmae | Kasagi Maru Correspondent |
| Yoshio Katsube | Reporter |
| Masaki Shinohara | Tokyo Defense Command Calculated Member |
| Yutaka Oka | Tokyo Defense Command Calculated Member |
| Kōji Uruki | Mailman |
| Yuki Shimizu | Female Clerk of Migame Shoji |
| Tazue Ichimanji | Neighbor |
| Toshiko Nakano | Neighbor |
| Ed Keane | Alliance Commander |
| Hank Brown | Federal Troop Lieutenant |
| Daniel Jones | Military |
| Hans Horneff | Allied Missile Base Commander |
| Harold Conway | Federal Missile Base Commander |
| Osman Yusuf | Alliance Correspondent |
| Robert Dunham | Allied Forces Personnel (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaScience Fiction
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 世界大戦争 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語, English |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | TOHO, Far East Laboratory |
| Release date | 8 ottobre 1961 |
| Executive producer | Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Writer | Takeshi Kimura, Toshio Yasumi |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita |
| Cinematography | Rokurô Nishigaki, Kazukiyo Tanaka |
| Assistant directors | Yasuyoshi Tajitsu, Hiroyasu Sunahara, Shūe Matsubayashi |
| Lighting | Hiromitsu Mori |
| Camera operators | Rokurô Nishigaki, Kazukiyo Tanaka |
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| Additional photography | Rokurô Nishigaki, Kazukiyo Tanaka |
| Production design | Teruaki Abe, Takeo Kita |
| Art direction | Teruaki Abe, Takeo Kita |
| Set decoration | Teruaki Abe, Takeo Kita |
| Special effects | Eiji Tsuburaya, Masakatsu Asai, Sadamasa Arikawa, Tadaaki Watanabe, Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yôichi Manoda, Kazuo Sagawa |
| Visual effects | Eiji Tsuburaya, Masakatsu Asai, Sadao Iizuka, Hiroshi Mukoyama, Yukio Manoda, Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yôichi Manoda, Kazuo Sagawa, Teizô Toshimitsu, Kanju Yagi, Yasuei Yagi, Eizo Kaimai, Nobuyuki Yasumaru |
| Music | Ikuma Dan, Fumio Yanoguchi, Hisashi Shimonaga |
| Sound | Ikuma Dan, Fumio Yanoguchi, Hisashi Shimonaga |
Release dates
Limited release
Theatrical release
Japan / Oct 08, 1961
United States / Jan 03, 1962 / English subtitled screenings at Nippon Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Hong Kong / Mar 15, 1962 / First appearance of Toho-commissioned international English dub, directed by William Ross.
Singapore / Nov 17, 1962 / International English dub
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India / Nov 28, 1962 / International English dub; Excelsior Theatre, Bombay.
Mexico / Sep 05, 1963
Germany / Jan 01, 1977 / Date unknown.
Physical media
Japan / Sep 21, 1987 / Toho Video LaserDisc
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