Overview
Plot
In summer 1941, failed diplomacy and embargoes push the U.S. and Japan toward war. The film covers the days before Pearl Harbor, named for the Japanese pilot's code words signaling surprise.
- Directors
- Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer
- Cast
- Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall, Takahiro Tamura, James Whitmore, Eijirō Tōno, Wesley Addy, Shōgo Shimada, Frank Aletter, Koreya Senda, Leon Ames, Jun Usami, Richard Anderson, Kazuo Kitamura, Keith Andes, Edward Andrews, Neville Brand
- Country
- Japan, United States of America
- Genre
- War, History, Drama
- Release date
- 1970-01-26
- Studios
- 20th Century Fox, Toei Company, Williams-Fleischer Productions
Plot
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Tora! Tora! Tora! Plot and Cast
Set in the summer of 1941, the story follows the mounting tensions between the United States and Japan as repeated embargoes and failed negotiations bring them to the brink of war. It dramatizes the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which drew America into World War II, and takes its title from the code words the lead Japanese pilot used to signal that the Americans had been taken by surprise.
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