World War III Breaks Out
6.6
The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'.
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Tatsuo Umemiya
正木記者
Known for
Graveyard of Honor
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Yoshiko Mita
藤本知子
Also in
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Samaritan Zatoichi
Arthur Davis
Shigeaki Hidaka
Ko Ishimatsu
Yayoi Furusato
沢本静子
Also in
Mission to Hell
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
William Ross
Katsuhiko Taguchi
Norifumi Fujishima
沢本茂夫
Also in
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Tale of Young Drifter
Ichiro Kato
Seiichirō Kameishi
市村憲一
Known for
A Fugitive from the Past
Noribumi Fujishima
Shigeaki Hidaka Director · William Ross Director Hisataka Kai Screenplay
United States release December 3, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title 第三次世界大戦 四十一時間の恐怖
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Original title
第三次世界大戦 四十一時間の恐怖
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 19, 1960
Theatrical
United States · December 3, 1962
Mexico
September 5, 1963
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