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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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Writers:
Larry Forrester (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
23 September 1970 (USA) See more »
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The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor. See more »
Plot:
A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations See more »
User Reviews:
How It All Began See more (130 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Martin Balsam ... Adm. Husband E. Kimmel

Sô Yamamura ... Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto (as Soh Yamamura)

Joseph Cotten ... Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
Tatsuya Mihashi ... Cmdr. Minoru Genda

E.G. Marshall ... Lt. Col. Rufus S. Bratton

James Whitmore ... Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
Takahiro Tamura ... Lt. Cmdr. Mitsuo Fuchida
Eijirô Tôno ... Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo (as Eijiro Tono)

Jason Robards ... Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short
Wesley Addy ... Lt. Cmdr. Alwin D. Kramer
Shôgo Shimada ... Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura
Frank Aletter ... Lt. Cmdr. Francis J. Thomas - USS Nevada
Koreya Senda ... Prime Minister Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Leon Ames ... Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
Junya Usami ... Adm. Zengo Yoshida

Richard Anderson ... Capt. John B. Earle
Kazuo Kitamura ... Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
Keith Andes ... Gen. George C. Marshall
Susumu Fujita ... Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
Edward Andrews ... Adm. Harold R. Stark
Bontarô Miake ... Adm. Koshiro Oikawa (as Bontaro Miyake)

Neville Brand ... Lt. Harold Kaminsky
Ichirô Ryûzaki ... Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka (as Ichiro Reuzaki)
Leora Dana ... Mrs. Kramer
Asao Uchida ... Gen. Hideki Tojo
George Macready ... Secretary of State Cordell Hull
Norman Alden ... Maj. Truman H. Landon
Kazuko Ichikawa ... Geisha in Kagoshima
Walter Brooke ... Rear Adm. Theodore S. Wilkinson

Hank Jones ... Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane
Rick Cooper ... Lt. George Welch
Karl Lukas ... Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California
June Dayton ... Miss Ray Cave

Ron Masak ... Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada
Jeff Donnell ... Cornelia Clark Fort
Shunichi Nakamura ... Capt. Kameto 'Gandhi' Kuroshima

Richard Erdman ... Col. Edward F. French
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi ... Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara
Jerry Fogel ... Lt. Cmdr. William W. Outerbridge
Carl Reindel ... Lt. Kenneth M. Taylor
Elven Havard ... Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris 'Dorie' Miller
Edmon Ryan ... Rear Adm. Patrick N. L. Bellinger
Toshio Hosokawa ... Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata (as Tosio Hosokawa)
Hisao Toake ... Saburo Kurusu - Japanese Ambassador to Germany
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tôru Abe ... Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)
Hiroshi Akutagawa ... Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (Japanese version only) (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Atsumi ... Cook #1 (Japanese version only) (uncredited)
Harold Conway ... Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited)
Dick Cook ... Capt. Logan C. Ramsey (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Jerry Cox ... Lt. Kermit A. Tyler (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Mike Daneen ... Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary (uncredited)
Francis De Sales ... Capt. Arthur H. McCollum - Wilkinson's Subordinate with Stark (uncredited)
Dave Donnelly ... Maj. Gordon A. Blake - Hickam Field Operations Officer (uncredited)
James B. Douglas ... French's Subordinate (uncredited)
Bill Edwards ... Col. Kendall J. Fielder - Short's Intelligence Officer (uncredited)
Dick Fair ... Lt. Col. Carrol A. Powell - Radar Officer #1 (unconfirmed) (uncredited)

Jamie Farr ... Multiple Characters (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Paul Frees ... Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Charles Gilbert ... Lt. Col. William H. Murphy - Radar Officer #2 (uncredited)
Hisashi Igawa ... Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki - Fuchida's Pilot (uncredited)
Robert Karnes ... Maj. John H. Dillon - Knox's Aide (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table (uncredited)

Randall Duk Kim ... Tadao - Japanese Messenger Boy (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Berry Kroeger ... U.S. Army General (uncredited)
Akira Kume ... Katsuzo Okumura - Embassy Officer at Typewriter (uncredited)
Dan Leegant ... George Street - RCA Honolulu District Manager (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Ken Lynch ... Rear Adm. John H. Newton - USS Lexington (uncredited)
Eitaro Matsuyama ... Cook #2 (Japanese version only) (uncredited)
Mitch Mitchell ... Col. Walter C. Phillips - Short's Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Hideo Murota ... (uncredited)

Charlie Picerni ... Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Walter Reed ... Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
John Henry Russell ... Radio Operator with Kaminsky (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Dan Savino ... Extra (uncredited)
Robert Shayne ... Cmdr. William H. Buracker - Halsey's Operations Officer (uncredited)
Edward Sheehan ... Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson - CO 14th Pursuit Wing (uncredited)
Tommy Splittgerber ... Ed Klein - Honolulu Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

G.D. Spradlin ... Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts - Kimmel's Communications Officer (uncredited)
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka ... (uncredited)
Larry Thor ... Maj.; Gen. Frederick L. Martin (uncredited)

George Tobias ... Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)
Bob Turnbull ... Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Harlan Warde ... Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (uncredited)
Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby ... Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited)

David Westberg ... Ens. Edgar M. Fair - USS California (uncredited)
Bruce Wilson ... Pvt. Joseph Lockard - Opana Point (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert ... Adm. James O. Richardson (uncredited)
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Directed by
Richard Fleischer 
Kinji Fukasaku (Japanese sequences)
Toshio Masuda (Japanese sequences)
 
Writing credits
Larry Forrester (screenplay) &
Hideo Oguni (screenplay) &
Ryûzô Kikushima (screenplay)

Gordon W. Prange (based on "Tora! Tora! Tora!")

Ladislas Farago (based on "The Broken Seal")

Akira Kurosawa (Japanese sequences) uncredited

Produced by
Keinosuke Kubo .... associate producer (Japanese episodes)
Otto Lang .... associate producer (Japanese episodes)
Masayuki Takagi .... associate producer (Japanese episodes)
Elmo Williams .... producer
Richard Fleischer .... producer (uncredited)
Darryl F. Zanuck .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith 
 
Film Editing by
Pembroke J. Herring 
Shinya Inoue  (as Chikaya Inoue)
James E. Newcom 
 
Art Direction by
Richard Day 
Taizô Kawashima  (as Taizoh Kawashima)
Yoshirô Muraki  (as Yoshiro Muraki)
Jack Martin Smith 
 
Set Decoration by
Norman Rockett 
Walter M. Scott 
Carl Biddiscombe (uncredited)
 
Makeup Department
Layne Britton .... makeup artist
Daniel C. Striepeke .... makeup supervisor (as Dan Striepeke)
 
Production Management
William Eckhardt .... unit production manager
Stanley Goldsmith .... unit production manager (as Stanley H. Goldsmith)
Masao Namikawa .... unit production manager
Jack Stubbs .... unit production manager
Richard D. Zanuck .... executive in charge of production (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Hall .... assistant director
Shunsuke Kariya .... assistant director
Ray Kellogg .... second unit director
Hiroshi Nagai .... assistant director
Elliot Schick .... assistant director
Robert Enrietto .... second unit director: plane sequences (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Ivan Martin .... construction supervisor (uncredited)
Joseph Musso .... production illustrator (uncredited)
Jack Senter .... assistant supervising art director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
James Corcoran .... sound recordist
Herman Lewis .... sound recordist
Theodore Soderberg .... sound recordist (as Ted Soderberg)
Murray Spivack .... sound recordist
Shin Watarai .... sound recordist
Douglas O. Williams .... sound recordist (as Doug Williams)
Don Hall .... supervising sound editor (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
A.D. Flowers .... mechanical effects
Johnny Borgese .... special effects (uncredited)
Greg C. Jensen .... special effects (uncredited)
Glen Robinson .... mechanical effects (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
L.B. Abbott .... special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank .... special photographic effects
Gail Brown .... miniature construction supervisor (uncredited)
Edward Hutton .... special photographic effects (uncredited)
Howard Lydecker .... special photographic effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Lightning Bear .... stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Brutsche .... stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett .... stunts (uncredited)
Everett Creach .... stunts (uncredited)
Vince Deadrick Sr. .... stunts (uncredited)
Chad Evans .... stunts (uncredited)
J. David Jones .... aerial stunts (uncredited)
Charlie Picerni .... stunts (uncredited)
Rock A. Walker .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Osamu Furuya .... photographer: Japanese episodes (as Osami Furuya)
Shinsaku Himeda .... photographer: Japanese episodes (as Sinsaku Himeda)
Masamichi Satoh .... photographer: Japanese episodes
Charles F. Wheeler .... director of photography: American episodes
Mal Bulloch .... still photographer (uncredited)
David Butler .... cinematographer: second unit (uncredited)
Thomas Del Ruth .... assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Dave Friedman .... assistant camera (uncredited)
William Huffman .... gaffer (uncredited)
Tom Kerschner .... assistant camera (uncredited)
Doug Kirkland .... still photographer (uncredited)
Rexford L. Metz .... assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Sterling Smith .... still photographer (uncredited)
Jack Whitman .... camera operator (uncredited)
Tamotsu Yato .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Courtney Haslam .... wardrobe supervisor
Ed Wynigear .... wardrobe
Michael Butler .... set wardrobe (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Brent Eldridge .... digital color correction (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Arthur Morton .... orchestrator
Alexander Courage .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonard A. Engel .... supervising music editor (uncredited)
 
Transportation Department
Chris Haynes .... driver (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Jack Canary .... air operations
Kuranosuke Isoda .... technical advisor
Tsuyoshi Saka .... technical advisor
Kameo Sonokawa .... technical advisor
E.P. Stafford .... D.O.D. project officer and naval coordinator (as Commander E.P. Stafford USN)
Shizuo Takada .... technical advisor
Theodore Taylor .... production coordinator
Duane Toler .... script supervisor
Maurice Unger .... production coordinator
George Watkins .... air operations (as Capt. George Watkins USN)
Arthur P. Wildern Jr. .... air operations (as Lt. Col. Arthur P. Wildern Ret.)
Bill Benedict .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Robert Buckhart .... technical advisor (uncredited)
George Burnette .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Don Clark .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Don Fletcher .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Shigeru Fukutomi .... story consultant (uncredited)
Minoru Genda .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Bill Groomer .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Davie Haines .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Randee Lynne Jensen .... production assistant (uncredited)
Gaines Johnston .... production auditor (uncredited)
J. David Jones .... chief pilot (uncredited)
Allen Mosley .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Gary Pylant .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Dominic Santarone .... caterer (uncredited)
Ruth Santarone .... caterer (uncredited)
Konrad Schreier Jr. .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Hal Sherman .... unit publicist (uncredited)
Sam Steele .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Jim Stumpf .... pilot: B-17 (uncredited)
Ted Taylor .... unit publicist (uncredited)
Yasuji Watanabe .... story consultant (uncredited)
B.H. Watson .... army affairs coordinator (uncredited)
 
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Runtime:
144 min | Japan:159 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (some 35 mm prints) | 4-Track Stereo (some 35 mm prints)
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Trivia:
Admiral Yamamoto most likely did not utter his famous quote about having "roused a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve" - it seems to be a post-war invention based on Yamamoto's actual beliefs on the likely outcome of war with the United States and his affinity for the US in general. It appears to be a more dramatic re-write of a letter he sent a month after the attack, in which he wrote: "A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack." By contrast, his warning earlier in the film about attacking the USA that begins with "If I am told to fight ... I shall run wild for the first six months..." is largely accurate.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:
Hickam Air Traffic Controller:Tower to B-17, there's a Jap on your tail. Juice yer engines and get outta here!See more »
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FAQ

Who sent the "Air raid Pearl Harbor. This is no drill" message?
Did Japanese midget subs really attack Pearl Harbor before the air raid began?
Did US commanders really ignore radar reports of the Japanese air raid approaching?
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33 out of 38 people found the following review useful.
How It All Began, 18 February 2003
Author: Brian Washington (Sargebri@att.net) from Los Angeles, California

This is one of my favorite war films. What makes it so great is that just like "The Longest Day" this film looks at the events that led up to and during one of the most momentous moments in the history of not only this country, but Japan as well. I also loved the acting in it. Martin Balsam and Jason Robards should have been nominated for their performances as Admiral Kimmel and General Short, respectively. Also, I wonder how much different it would have been if Akira Kurosawa had directed the Japanese scenes as he originally was supposed to. I also wonder if the fact that it dealt with one of the darker chapters in American history had something to to with its poor box office showing on this side of the Pacific (ironically, it was a box office smash in Japan). However, it is still a great film and I especially loved it at the end when Yamamoto made his famous comment "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with terrible resolve." How right he was.

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