Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

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 most historical feature films, Tora! Tora! Tora! does not bend the facts, it is meticulous in its approach to dissecting the situation leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, from both sides.

Also, movies about the World War events in the Pacific have a tendency to demonize 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 2 and a half hours, Tora! Tora! Tora! is long, but its still engaging and absorbing all the way through and well worth watching.

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Cast

Martin BalsamAdmiral Kimmel
Sô YamamuraAdmiral Yamamoto
Joseph CottenHenry Stimson
Tatsuya MihashiCommander Genda
E.G. MarshallLt. Colonel Bratton
Takahiro TamuraLt. Commander Fuchida
James WhitmoreAdmiral Halsey
Eijirô TonoAdmiral Nagumo
Jason Robards Sr.General 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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