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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor.

19707.12h 24m

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.

Directed by Toshio Masuda
Written by Ryuzo Kikushima, Ladislas Farago, Gordon W. Prange
Produced by Elmo Williams, Richard Fleischer
Box OfficeBudget: $25.5MRevenue: $37.1M

Top Cast

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

General Walter C. Short

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Henry L. Stimson

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Commander Minoru Genda

E.G. Marshall

E.G. Marshall

Colonel Rufus S. Bratton

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida

James Whitmore

James Whitmore

Admiral William F. Halsey

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Admiral Chuici Nagumo

Wesley Addy

Wesley Addy

Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer

Themes & Keywords

japanhawaiiworld war iipearl harboru.s. navypacific warsoldierjapanese armyimperial japan1940sinformative

About Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora! is a war, history, drama film released in 1970 exploring themes of japan, hawaii, world war ii, pearl harbor, u.s. navy, pacific war. Directed by Toshio Masuda, it stars Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Jason Robards. 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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