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This 25-million dollar epic collaboration accurately recreates the events that led to the Japanese attack on the American naval base during World War II. With Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, the wheels are set in motion by Japan to plan the attack. After internal differences in the government, the Japanese quickly mobilize plans for the assault. Key American personnel ignored warnings of the possibility of Japanese aggression. The first part of the film divides scenes from
PG, 2 hr. 24 min.
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Classics
Sep 23, 1970 Wide
Nov 2, 1999
20th Century Fox Film Corporat
All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (7) | DVD (27)
The film looks gorgeous in HD, and remains the best Hollywood treatment of Pearl Harbor.
an interesting footnote in cinema history... though it's no less propaganda than the flag wavers from the 1940s
Strictly for history buffs only, because it presents the story in the most dry way possible. It's like a History Channel re-enactment with all of the right aircraft carriers and airplanes.
Historical accuracy stands as the biggest strength
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.
Told from both sides, and certainly better than "Pearl Harbor."
Gives the viewer a true sense of the frightening chaos felt at the time.
Stodgy, but more edifying and entertaining than 'Pearl Harbor.'
Clearly the inspiration for Michael Bay's PEARL HARBOR (which is slightly lesser than this), TORA! TORA! TORA! is a long, amazing history film. Most of it is in Japanese, and even with the consistent subtitles, it's still irritating to not hear much English; but all in all, this is a classic, memorable dramatization
September 10, 2011Super Reviewer
Tora! Tora! Tora! is a flawless dramatization of the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7th, 1941. One thing I admire about this film that it shows both sides of the story. The film goes into detail on the planning of the attacks, and we get to see a more in depth reason as to why the Japanese carried out the attacks of
January 22, 2011
Super Reviewer
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