Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1970-01-26
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Genres
- War, History, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox, Toei Company, Williams-Fleischer Productions
- Country
- Japan, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Martin Balsam as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
- So 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
- Shōgo Shimada as Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura
- Frank Aletter as Lt. Commander Thomas
Crew
- Toshio Masuda - Director
- Kinji Fukasaku - Director
- Richard Fleischer - Director
- Ryuzo Kikushima - Screenplay
- Hideo Oguni - Screenplay
- Larry Forrester - Screenplay
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