Description:

Sekai daisenso - 1961 color/scope Japanese TOHO doomsday film made during cold war's peak, speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.
 
Tensions between the Federation and the Alliance (fictional stand-ins for the US/NATO and the USSR/Warsaw Pact, respectively) have been building up, especially after a intelligence-gathering vessel is captured. A new Korean War breaks out across the 38th parallel, but is quickly stopped. Although Japan has called on both sides to seek peace, officials believe 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 nuclear-tipped air-to-air 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.....
 
Director: Shue Matsubayashi
 
Stars: Frankie Sakai, Akira Takarada and Yuriko Hoshi

1961 - JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - COLOR - 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN - 110 MINUTES