Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

26/01/1970 (JP)•War, History, Drama•2h 24m

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The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor.

Overview

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

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Martin Balsam
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Sō Yamamura
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Jason Robards
General Walter C. Short
Joseph Cotten
Henry L. Stimson
Tatsuya Mihashi
Commander Minoru Genda
E.G. Marshall
Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
Takahiro Tamura
Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida
James Whitmore
Admiral William F. Halsey
Eijirō Tōno
Admiral Chuici Nagumo

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A review by lwpcolonel

Written by lwpcolonel on Jan 14, 2018

First off, this is a very good historical fictionalization of an epic event. Many parts are very accurate whereas others are more or less. This is after all a Hollywood movie, NOT a documentary such as "The World At War", so we can't be too critical about perfect accuracy. Originally it was supposed to be directed by two directors, 1 for the American story line, and Akira Kurosawa, for the Japanese story. There were rumored difficulties between Mr. Kurosawa and the American studio bosses so Mr. Kurosawa left the production despite having an uncredited role in scripting the Japanese part of th...