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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
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Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 12
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 25 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A Japanese-American co-production, director Richard Fleischer (SOYLENT GREEN) and two Japanese directors put together this ultrarealistic account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor as presented from... A Japanese-American co-production, director Richard Fleischer (SOYLENT GREEN) and two Japanese directors put together this ultrarealistic account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor as presented from the perspectives of both nations, as diplomatic tensions rise between the two countries. While the Japanese military plans its attack on American military installations, the American forces nearly stumble into a much greater calamity due to a series of errors and mistakes. As the two sides plunge closer to war, the tension escalates until the final, spectacular air raid, the most realistic ever filmed. This ITA award winner has a fabulous cast, including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, James Whitmore, and E.G. Marshall. [More]
Starring: Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Sô Yamamura, James Whitmore
Starring: Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Sô Yamamura, James Whitmore, Joseph Cotten, E.G. Marshall, Ned Wertimer, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tono, Koreya Senda
Director: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Director: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Screenwriter: Larry Forrester, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima
Producer: Elmo Williams
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
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Reviews for Tora! Tora! Tora!
Works well as a history lesson, and the recreation of the 12/7/41 attack is spectacular, but the film is much less effective on a character level.
Gives the viewer a true sense of the frightening chaos felt at the time.
The air strike and bombing look remarkably real, and we realize that the filmmakers are not relying on any CGI for these shots.
The characters are merely devices to spout textbook material, facts, and figures.
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