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.
Martin Balsam
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Sō Yamamura
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Jason Robards
as General Walter C. Short
Joseph Cotten
as Henry L. Stimson
Tatsuya Mihashi
as Commander Minoru Genda
E.G. Marshall
as Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
Takahiro Tamura
as Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida
James Whitmore
as Admiral William F. Halsey
Eijirō Tōno
as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Wesley Addy
as Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer
lwpcolonel
First off, this is a very good historical fictionalization of an epic event. Many parts are very accurate whereas others are more or less. This is after all a Hollywood movie, NOT a documentary such as "The World At War", so we can't be too critical about perfect accuracy. Originally it was suppose...
Per Gunnar Jonsson
I remember viewing this film as a kid shortly after it came out in Sweden. At that time I was not impressed. I was expecting an action filled war movie and what I got was a boring movie where the good guys got beaten up at the end. I do not think I even new anything about the real events in Pearl Ha...