is a

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by

Shūe Matsubayashi (born July 7, 1920 – August 15, 2009, in Shimane Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese film director. He is best known for films in the comedy film, comedy and war film, war genres. He was also an ordained Shin Buddhism, Shin Buddhist priest. His ...

, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.

Plot

During World War II, the commanding officer of a sub reluctantly takes on board two Western diplomats to take them to the Canary Islands, Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, Japan has Surrender of Japan, surrendered, but the sub's crew do not know that since its radio has failed. It sends its passengers ashore to go out to face a final battle.

Cast

* Ryō Ikebe * Tatsuya Mihashi * Akihiko Hirata * Akira Kubo * Susumu Fujita * Minoru Takada * Maria Laurenti * Andrew Hughes (actor), Andrew Hughes * Hisaya Ito

References

* Ragone, August (2007, 2014
''Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters''
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. .

External links

* 1959 films Films directed by Shūe Matsubayashi 1950s Japanese-language films Japanese war films World War II submarine films Japanese World War II films 1950s Japanese films Films scored by Ikuma Dan {{WWII-film-stub

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