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Plot. In August 1939, the United States imposes a trade embargo on a belligerent Japan, severely limiting raw materials. Influential Japanese army figures and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and Italy in September 1940 despite opposition from the Japanese navy and prepare for war.
Sep 23, 1970 · Tora!: Directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa. With Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten. The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
Jul 9, 2020 · Reviewer: Eileen Coffey - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 18, 2024 Subject: Tora Tora Tora - Excellent War Movie For History Nerds . Excellent retelling of events leading to the attack. While a slow movie at the start, once we get to the attack it is one of best and longest action sequences ever filmed. The Japanese parts were supposed to be directed by Akira Kurosawa, but for some reason he messed up his parts and was replaced.
Brief Synopsis. The Japanese take advantage of American blunders to launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness. This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history.
Tora! is one of the deadest, dullest blockbusters ever made. The very word "blockbuster" may be too lusty to describe it; maybe "blocktickler" is more like it for this timid epic.
Tora! is scrupulously accurate and lays out of the tragedy of Pearl Harbor with intricate detail, but the film's clinical approach to the sound and fury signifies little feeling. This dramatic ...
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"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.
Tora! Tora! (Japanese: トラ・トラ・トラ) is a 1970 Japanese-American war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku and stars an ensemble cast, including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Sō Yamamura, E. G. Marshall, James Whitmore and Jason ...
Tora! Drama 1970 2 hr 23 min Jason Robards, Martin Balsam and E.G. Marshall star in this definitive, authentic reenactment of the “date which will live in infamy,” and the political intrigue that preceded it.
