Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

144 mins | Drama, War, History | Jan. 26, 1970

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.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

144 mins | Drama, War, History | Jan. 26, 1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Tora! Tora! Tora!
Directors Duane Toler, Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer
Writers Gordon W. Prange, Larry Forrester, Ladislas Farago, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Martin Balsam

as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Sō Yamamura

as Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Jason Robards

as Lt. General Walter C. Short

Joseph Cotten

as Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Commander Minoru Genda

E.G. Marshall

as Lt. Colonel Rufus S. Bratton

Takahiro Tamura

as Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida

James Whitmore

as Vice Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.

Eijirō Tōno

as Admiral Chuici Nagumo

Wesley Addy

as Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer

Shôgo Shimada

as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura

Frank Aletter

as Lt. Commander Francis J. Thomas - USS Nevada

Koreya Senda

as Prime Minister Prince Fumimaro Konoye

Leon Ames

as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox

Junya Usami

as Admiral Zengo Yoshida

Richard Anderson

as Captain John B. Earle

Kazuo Kitamura

as Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka

Keith Andes

as General George C. Marshall

Edward Andrews

as Admiral Harold R. Stark

Neville Brand

as Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky

Leora Dana

as Mrs. Kramer

Asao Uchida

as General Hideki Tojo

George Macready

as Cordell Hull

Norman Alden

as Major Truman Landon

Rick Cooper

as Lieutenant George Welch

Elven Havard

as Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller

June Dayton

as Miss Ray Cave

Jeff Donnell

as Cornelia

Richard Erdman

as Colonel Edward F. French

Jerry Fogel

as Lt. Commander William Outerbridge

Shunichi Nakamura

as Kameto Kurojima

Carl Reindel

as Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor

Edmon Ryan

as Rear Admiral Bellinger

Hisao Toake

as Saburo Kurusu

Susumu Fujita

as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

Bontarō Miake

as Adm. Koshiro Oikawa

Ichirō Ryūzaki

as Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka

Kazuko Ichikawa

as Geisha in Kagoshima

Hank Jones

as Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane

Karl Lukas

as Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California

Ron Masak

as Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

as Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara

Toshio Hosokawa

as Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata

Tōru Abe

as Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)

Hiroshi Akutagawa

as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (uncredited)

Leon Alton

as Official (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Atsumi

as Cook #1 (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

as Official (uncredited)

Harold Conway

as Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited)

Francis De Sales

as Capt. Arthur H. McCollum (uncredited)

George DeNormand

as Official (uncredited)

Glenn Dixon

as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

Dave Donnelly

as Maj. Gordon A. Blake (uncredited)

James B. Douglas

as French's Subordinate (uncredited)

Bill Edwards

as Col. Kendall J. Fielder (uncredited)

Paul Frees

as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)

Bobby Gilbert

as Official (uncredited)

Charles Gilbert

as Lt. Col. William H. Murphy (uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada

as Admiral (uncredited)

Ed Haskett

as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

Ryōji Hayama

as Admiral (uncredited)

Andrew Hughes

as Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan (uncredited)

Hisashi Igawa

as Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited)

Alex Johnson

as Army Officer (uncredited)

Robert Karnes

as Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table (uncredited)

Berry Kroeger

as U.S. Army General (uncredited)

Akira Kume

as Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)

Joseph La Cava

as Official (uncredited)

Ken Lynch

as Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)

Eitarô Matsuyama

as Cook #2 (uncredited)

Mitch Mitchell

as Col. Walter C. Phillips (uncredited)

Hideo Murota

as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

Jiro Okazaki

as Pilot (uncredited)

John Pedrini

as Official (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

as Destroyer Captain (uncredited)

Charlie Picerni

as Burning Sailor (uncredited)

Joe Pine

as Official (uncredited)

Walter Reed

as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)

Robert Shayne

as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)

Edward Sheehan

as Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson (uncredited)

Tommy Splittgerber

as Ed Klein (uncredited)

G. D. Spradlin

as Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts (uncredited)

Hiroshi Tom Tanaka

as Japanese Midget Submarine Crewman (uncredited)

Larry Thor

as Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin (uncredited)

George Tobias

as Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

Bob Turnbull

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Harlan Warde

as Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (uncredited)

Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby

as Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited)

David Westberg

as Ens. Edgar M. Fair (uncredited)

Bruce Wilson

as Pvt. Joseph Lockard (uncredited)

Bill Zuckert

as Adm. James O. Richardson (uncredited)

Mike Danning

as Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary (uncredited)