Tora! Tora! Tora!
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.
Critics Sentiment
Japanese aircraft devastate naval base with catastrophic damage and casualties
Radar operators detect approach but Tyler dismisses their concerns
The film jumps from frustrating bureaucratic failures to spectacular attack sequences that critics universally praised.
Critics found the film's first half methodical and documentary-like, building tension through intelligence work and diplomatic maneuvering. The Pearl Harbor attack sequences were universally acclaimed as spectacular and historically accurate. The film concluded strongly with thoughtful reflection on the consequences of the attack.
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Martin Balsam
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
So 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
Wesley Addy
Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer
Shōgo Shimada
Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura
Frank Aletter
Lt. Commander Thomas
Koreya Senda
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Leon Ames
Frank Knox
Jun Usami
Admiral Zengo Yoshida
Richard Anderson
Captain John B. Earle
Kazuo Kitamura
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
Keith Andes
General George C. Marshall
Edward Andrews
Admiral Harold R. Stark
Neville Brand
Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky
Crew
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