Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Cast

Jason Robards
as General Short
Jamie Farr
as Multiple Characters
James Whitmore
as Admiral Halsey
Paul Frees
as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura

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Genres & Description

Action Drama History War

7.5 / 10

This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history. As United States and Japanese relations strain over the U.S. embargo of raw materials, Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda (Tatsuya Mihashi) plans the preemptive strike against the United States. Although American intelligence agencies intercept Japanese communications hinting at the attack, they are unwilling to believe such a strike could ever occur on U.S. soil.

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Comments on this trailer
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JHNielson4851

If it looks so good in Panavision then show it in Panavision. - @Sunday, July 22, 2018 12:58 AM

monster fan

Tora Tora Tora was a pseudo documentary, you'll see a lot of familiar faces but no A-list actors, which was intentional. - @Monday, July 16, 2018 5:04 AM

Jimvanhise

I have no idea of this is true but the old Hawaii 5-0 did an episode which referenced the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and it claimed that when the Japanese planes attacked, the pilots exclaimed, "To Hell with Babe Ruth!" An odd idea to be sure. - @Saturday, May 19, 2018 2:48 PM

fleshtrashheat

Landis is kind of insane I think. - @Tuesday, December 19, 2017 8:03 PM

kyokogodai

Landis couldnt' be Michele Obama! His balls are not big enough to match the ones in "her" pantyhose. - @Wednesday, October 11, 2017 5:19 AM

marksandsparks1

Michael Bay Pearl Harbor makes this film look like Battleship Potemkin. Class assessment John! - @Sunday, July 9, 2017 2:56 PM

newlam

I also hated the movie "Pearl harbor" A terrible movie, but Tora, Tora Tora was outstanding! - @Tuesday, June 13, 2017 3:53 AM

Rich Paul

Correction. The miniatures were filmed out at the Fox Ranch in Malibu Canyon in a huge tank named after Fred Serson, once the head of visual effects at 20th Century Fox. By the time this film was shot, the big tank on the Fox lot was gone, the acreage sold off to create Century City. The tank at the Fox Ranch was actually bigger than the previous one on the studio lot. Both used painted sky backings. The only tanks of its kind left in Hollywood are at Universal and Paramount. - @Wednesday, June 7, 2017 11:00 PM

Warmaker01

Loved this movie, also interesting that is showed both sides equally from their perspectives. Another war movie I liked that was like this from this era was Longest Day. - @Sunday, March 26, 2017 6:45 AM

tag427

Lord, Landis sucks--doing this-I have watch 5 of these and why bother-He blows on all levels - @Monday, May 23, 2016 8:56 PM

WingIT Productions

@2:36 Landis slams Bay!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Do it! - @Saturday, June 6, 2015 7:45 PM

jslasher1

I saw this when it was originally released. Didn't much care for it at the time because of the pacing. However, like a fine carefully cellared wine, TTT has aged rather well. - @Sunday, December 21, 2014 12:02 AM

CRFilmProduction

The other Japanese guy they hired was Kinji Fukasaku. Another legendary Japanese director. He did some of the original realistic yakuza films and would go on to direct Battle Royale. If you're gonna fire Kurosawa....you replace him with Fukasaku. - @Wednesday, July 2, 2014 1:10 AM

John Simpson

Gee, a stunt gone wrong involving human beings and spinning blades. Amazing that still provokes laughter from John L. - @Tuesday, February 25, 2014 3:14 AM

dorpth

Jesus christ, John. You of all people should not be gleefully showing clips of on set accidents of someone running away from an out of control propeller. - @Saturday, February 22, 2014 12:19 PM

Scott Hoffman

The "one black man" that Landis refers to was Doris ("Dorie") Miller from Waco, Texas. He was serving as main cook on the West Virginia at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He manned a machine gun and then helped injured sailors escape the ship. Miller was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions, but denied the Medal of Honor. He became famous and went on a war bond tour across the nation. He later disappeared during the Battle of Makin Island in November 1943. Various buildings, streets and schools are named for him across the nation. The USS Miller bore his name from June 1973 until it was decommissioned in October 1991. - @Saturday, February 22, 2014 4:03 AM