

The War Without Weapons
1960, Japanese. Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.
It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the amendment of the Peace Preservation Law, and was assassinated by a rightist prior to his opposition speech.
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Satsuo YamamotoDirector
- Tsutomu ShimomotoSenji Yamamoto
- Misako WatanabeChiyo, Senji Yamamoto's wife
- Eijirō TōnoKamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father
- Chikako HosokawaTanen Yamamoto, Senji's mother
- Ichirō NakataniHonda
- Ikuko TaniSecretary Nobu
- Shoichi OzawaKiyoshi, farmer
- Teruko KishiSaki
- Jūkichi UnoTani
- Torahiko HamadaYanagi
- Miwa SaitōKume, underground party member
- Fumio ŌmachiOkamoto, Chairman of the Japan Agriculture Committee
Details
- Released
- 8 November 1960
- Original title
- 武器なき斗い
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yoshikata Yoda, Yusaku Yamagata
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The War Without Weapons runs 141 minutes (2h 21m).
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The War Without Weapons isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 November 1960. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The War Without Weapons?
The War Without Weapons (1960) was directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and stars Tsutomu Shimomoto, Misako Watanabe, Eijirō Tōno.