Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

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Written by Ladislas Farago, Larry Forrester

Directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku

Running Time: 155 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1970

Rating: U Certificate

Filmed in Colour

Unlike many historical feature films, Tora! Tora! Tora! does not bend the facts. Meticulous and even-handed in its approach, it shows the events on both sides that led up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

Also, movies about the Pacific theatre of the Second World War tend to demonise the Japanese. Tora! Tora! Tora! elects not to do this, presenting both the Japanese and American sides of the story without resorting to cheap shots. The Japanese are not faceless bad guys, nor are the Americans innocent, blameless victims.

At more than two and a half hours, Tora! Tora! Tora! is long, but it's still engaging and absorbing all the way through. It won an Oscar for best effects. Well worth watching.

When is Tora! Tora! Tora! next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on Sky Movies Classics November 25th, 6:00am and on Sky Movies Classics November 25th, 6:35pm. See more...

Cast

Image for Martin BalsamMartin BalsamAdmiral Kimmel
Sô YamamuraAdmiral Yamamoto
Joseph CottenHenry Stimson
Tatsuya MihashiCommander Genda
Image for E.G. MarshallE.G. MarshallLt. Col. Bratton
Takahiro TamuraLt. Commander Fuchida
James WhitmoreAdmiral Halsey
Eijirô TonoAdmiral Nagumo
Image for Jason RobardsJason RobardsGeneral Short
Wesley AddyLt. Cmdr Alvin Kramer
Shogo ShimadaAmbassador Nomura
Frank AletterLt. Commander Thomas
Koreya SendaPrince Konoye
Leon AmesFrank Knox
Junya UsamiAdmiral Yoshida

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