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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

G  144 min  -  Action | Adventure | Drama   -  23 September 1970 (USA)
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A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen.

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Larry Forrester (screenplay), Hideo Oguni (screenplay), and 4 more credits »
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Tora! Tora! Tora! -- A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen. Tora! Tora! Tora! -- A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen.
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Martin Balsam Martin Balsam ...
Sô Yamamura ...
Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto (as Soh Yamamura)
Joseph Cotten ...
Tatsuya Mihashi Tatsuya Mihashi ...
E.G. Marshall ...
James Whitmore ...
Takahiro Tamura Takahiro Tamura ...
Lt. Cmdr. Mitsuo Fuchida
Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno ...
Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo (as Eijiro Tono)
Jason Robards ...
Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short
Wesley Addy Wesley Addy ...
Lt. Cmdr. Alwin D. Kramer
Shôgo Shimada Shôgo Shimada ...
Frank Aletter Frank Aletter ...
Lt. Cmdr. Francis J. Thomas - USS Nevada
Koreya Senda Koreya Senda ...
Leon Ames Leon Ames ...
Junya Usami Junya Usami ...
Adm. Zengo Yoshida
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Storyline

In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are attempting to resolve via their Washington embassy. In case this diplomacy fails, the military are hatching plans for a surprise early Sunday morning air attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbour. American intelligence is breaking the Japanese diplomatic messages but few high-ups are prepared to believe that an attack is likely, let alone where or how it might come. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Attack | Pearl Harbor | Japan | Hawaii | Navy  | See more »

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From 20th Century Fox. The most spectacle film ever made. See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Tora! Tora! Tora!: The Attack on Pearl Harbor See more »

Filming Locations:

Ashiya, Japan See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$14,500,000 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (some 35 mm prints) | 4-Track Stereo (some 35 mm prints)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1
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Trivia

The African American mess attendant firing the machine gun on the West Virginia was First Class Doris 'Dorie' Miller. He was the first African American to win the Navy Cross, the second highest honor awarded by the US Navy at the time, the highest being the Medal of Honor, followed by the Navy Cross, followed by the Silver Star. Without any training he fired the unattended machine gun at the Japanese aircraft until it was out of ammunition. He was portrayed by Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding Jr. in the film Pearl Harbor. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: When the movie moves to Nazi Germany for the Japanese signing of the Tripartite Pact, the SS guard outside the Reichschancellery is shouldering a Mauser with a late war barrel band. As materials and time became scarce in Germany, they had a cheap stamped barrel band instead of the early pressed (H-type) one. See more »

Quotes

Major Truman Landon: [trying to land amid heavy friendly flak] Tell those damn fools to stop shooting at us, we're Americans!
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Connections

Referenced in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"At Last"
Music by Harry Warren
Played during the cocktail party See more »