Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Tagline
The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor.
Starring
Martin Balsam Sô Yamamura Joseph Cotten Tatsuya Mihashi E.G. Marshall
Director
Richard Fleischer Kinji Fukasaku Toshio Masuda
Genre
Running Time
144 minutes
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 use 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.
Released
8 October 1970
Budget
£25,000,000
Revenue
£14,500,000
Language
English Japanese
Studio
Country of Origin
Japan United States of America
Cast
| Martin Balsam | ... | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel |
| Sô Yamamura | ... | Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War |
| Tatsuya Mihashi | ... | Commander Minoru Genda |
| E.G. Marshall | ... | Lt. Colonel Rufus S. Bratton |
| James Whitmore | ... | Vice Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr. |
| Takahiro Tamura | ... | Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida |
| Jason Robards | ... | Lt. General Walter C. Short |
| Wesley Addy | ... | Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer |
| Shogo Shimada | ... | Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura |
| Frank Aletter | ... | Lt. Commander Francis J. Thomas - USS Nevada |
| Koreya Senda | ... | Prime Minister Prince Fumimaro Konoye |
| Leon Ames | ... | Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox |
| Junya Usami | ... | Admiral Zengo Yoshida |
| Richard Anderson | ... | Captain John B. Earle |
| Kazuo Kitamura | ... | Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka |
| Susumu Fujita | ... | Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi |
| Edward Andrews | ... | Admiral Harold R. Stark |
| Bontarô Miake | ... | Admiral Koshiro Oikawa (as Bontaro Miyake) |
| Neville Brand | ... | Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky |
| Richard Erdman | ... | Colonel Edward F. French |
| Keith Andes | ... | General George C. Marshall |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo (as Eijiro Tono) |
Crew
| Richard Fleischer | ... | Director |
| Kinji Fukasaku | ... | Director |
| Toshio Masuda | ... | Director |
| Ladislas Farago | ... | Novel |
| Larry Forrester | ... | Screenplay |
| Ryûzô Kikushima | ... | Screenplay |
| Akira Kurosawa | ... | Screenplay |
| Hideo Oguni | ... | Screenplay |
| Gordon W. Prange | ... | Novel |
| Elmo Williams | ... | Producer |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | ... | Executive Producer |
| Jerry Goldsmith | ... | Original Music Composer |
| Pembroke J. Herring | ... | Editor |
| Shinya Inoue | ... | Editor |
| James E. Newcom | ... | Editor |