E.G. Marshall, Eijirô Tono, James Whitmore
A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen.
Directed by: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Release Date: September 23, 1970
DVD Release Date: November 2, 1999
Stats: 671 reviews
My husband decided to buy this DVD and rewatch it for the millionth time in honor of the men and women who fought during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I'm not normally into classics but it was historically accurate and well made.
I real true story about the events that lead to the attach on Pearl Harbor as told on both sides from the American aspect and the Japanese aspect, you won't find a better telling of this story than this one.
i've never said this before about any film, but this is one you should start watching about an hour and a half in. the battle sequences are fantastic but the characters (yes, people that really were played by actors) were dull and had a serious lack of personality. i don't know i...( read more)
Probably the best thing about Tora! Tora! Tora! is it's lack of bias. The Japanese are not portrayed as scheming villains and the Americans are nothing if not human. I didn't think that I would enjoy this movie as much as I did, but I'm glad my husband got me to watch it all the ...( read more)
When I first saw this film in mid early 90's I was taken a back by the overall intelligence, accuracy and impartiality of the piece. Certainly as War films go, this is one of a few greats that take the subject as it is rather than imprinting their own bias upon it. Told from both...( read more)
A bit boring for the first hour, but the attack on Pearl Harbor really makes up for it.
For war history buffs a must see. Pretty accurate film. Probably needed to be at least three hours (instead of 144 minutes) and a bigger budget to get it closer to what was needed to be a really good film.
Only about a million times better than Pear Harbor.
At least in the film they admited that the Americans knew about the attack and were just too incompetent or lazy to do anything about it. Unlike PH which acted like the Japaneese were so evil for delivering a suprise attack.... more than 2 years into a global conflict... HUGE SUPPRISE!
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