is a 1959 Japanese war film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi, 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 Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, Japan has 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 Hisaya Ito See also Imperial Japanese Navy submarines B3 type submarine 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