Tora! Tora! Tora!
– In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos ..
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 use 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.
23 Sep 1970
English, Japanese
All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.
Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Larry Forrester (screenplay), Hideo Oguni (screenplay), Ryûzô Kikushima (screenplay), Gordon W. Prange (based on "Tora! Tora! Tora!"), Ladislas Farago (based on "The Broken Seal")
Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten
This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history. As United States and Japanese relations strain over the U.S. embargo of raw materials, Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda (Tatsuya Mihashi) plans the preemptive strike against the United States. Although American intelligence agencies intercept Japanese communications hinting at the attack, they are unwilling to believe such a strike could ever occur on U.S. soil.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations.
20th Century Fox Film Corporat