Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · 144 min · EN · G · 7.2 (600 votes)
Dir. Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer · Starring Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall · Music Jerry Goldsmith

The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor.

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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 used 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.

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This film offers a meticulously detailed, grave reconstruction of a pivotal historical moment. It's a tense, somber journey through strategic missteps and cultural divides, building steadily towards an inevitable, shocking climax. The grand scale and dual perspectives create an immersive, almost documentary-like experience of impending conflict.

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