The Last War (1961 film)
The Last War, known in Japan as Sekai Daisens , lit. Great World War? , is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1961. Its special effects were created by Eiji Tsuburaya who is also known for working on Godzilla and Ultraman.
Several months before, he returns to Japan to propose to his girlfriend, Saeko Tamura, and ask for her fathers blessing. Her own family continues to live life in relative peace and quiet. Despite reservations, the couple get married and spend one night in Yokohama before Takano ships out.Meanwhile, tensions between the Federation and the Alliance fictional standins for the US and NATO against the USSRWarsaw Pact, respectively build up, especially after an intelligencegathering vessel is captured. A new Korean War breaks out across the 38th parallel, but is quickly stopped. Although Japan calls on both sides to seek peace, government officials think that the country could be ripe for Alliance retaliation in light of its open support for the Federation. Dogfights between Federation and Alliance fighters over the Arctic with both sides using nucleartipped airtoair missiles are just the beginning of a renewed conflict. The Alliance tips the scales by launching ICBMs on Japan and the West, with several cities totally destroyed. The Federation responds with their own nuclear strikes ........
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