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Tora! Tora! Tora!

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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:11

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.3/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 25 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $0

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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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.

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06/04/07
Chuck O'Leary
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10/12/05
Cole Smithey
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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Told from both sides, and certainly better than "Pearl Harbor."

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10/15/04
Steve Crum
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Kansas City Kansan

Gives the viewer a true sense of the frightening chaos felt at the time.

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04/01/04
Dennis Schwartz
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11/14/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Stodgy, but more edifying and entertaining than 'Pearl Harbor.'

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11/29/02
Dan Lybarger
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06/06/01
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The characters are merely devices to spout textbook material, facts, and figures.

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05/31/01
Jaime N. Christley
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