Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 145 min

genre: drama

theme: epic

director: Kinji Fukasaku

Score: 6 / 10

Tora! Tora! Tora! is a 1970 epic war film that dramatizes the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, from both American and Japanese positions. The film was produced by Elmo Williams and directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku. It features an ensemble cast, including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, So Yamamura, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takahiro Tamura, Wesley Addy, and Jason Robards. It was Masuda and Fukasaku's first English-language film, and first international co-production.

Plot

In September 1940, following a severe trade embargo imposed on a belligerent Japan by the United States a year prior, influential Japanese army figures and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and Italy, despite opposition from the Japanese navy, and prepare for war. The newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, reluctantly plans a pre-emptive strike, believing Japan's best hope of controlling the Pacific Ocean is to quickly annihilate the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor. Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda is chosen to mastermind the operation, while his old Naval Academy classmate Mitsuo Fuchida is selected to lead the attack.

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author	Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni
award	Academy Award for Best Visual Effects National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Tokyo Washington, D.C.
director	Kinji Fukasaku Richard Fleischer Toshio Masuda
editor	Inoue Chikaya James E. Newcom Pembroke J. Herring
events	Attack on Pearl Harbor aviation World War II
genre	drama historical
keywords	admiral isoroku yamamoto aircraft carrier alliance with germany and italy army colonel belligerent japan chief of staff chūichi nagumo combined fleet cordell hull empire of japan enemy agent franklin d. roosevelt george marshall harold r. stark harold rainsford stark husband e. kimmel i fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. imperial japanese army imperial japanese navy isoroku yamamoto isoroku yamamoto\'s sleeping giant quote japanese army japanese combined fleet japanese navy kermit tyler kichisaburō nomura minoru genda mitsuo fuchida naval academy naval base navy lieutenant nothing oahu pacific ocean pearl harbor purple purple code radio transmission rufus s. bratton secretary of state sleep trade embargo tripartite pact united states secretary of state us military walter short warn wash
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
producer	Elmo Williams
productionCompany	Toei Company
recordedAt	Honolulu San Diego
theme	docudrama epic japanese war