The Last War

On the Beach if directed by Ozu. As the superpowers stumble into atomic war, a family in Osaka tries to maintain some semblance of ordinary life. A mournful time capsule of early-60s anxieties.

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Shūe Matsubayashi directed The Last War in 1961. See Shūe Matsubayashi's full filmography, where to start with Shūe Matsubayashi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shūe Matsubayashi.

The Last War was released in 1961 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.