Tora! Tora! Tora!
The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor.
The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor.
Drama, History, War
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1970
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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 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.
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Rated:
G
Runtime:
144 min
Release date:
26 Jan 1970
Country:
JP, US
Languages:
English, Japanese
Budget:
$25,485,000
Revenue:
$37,150,000
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The climax, in particular, manages to be more than just a shoot-out, with Fleischer's intelligent direction generating a real feeling of chaos and apocalypse.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
It's rare for a feature film to attain the trifecta of entertaining, informing, and educating.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
24 Feb 2002
rotten:
Tora! Tora! Tora! is one of the deadest, dullest blockbusters ever made.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
As history, it seems a fairly accurate account of what happened, although it never much bothers its head about why. As film art, it is nothing less than a $25-million irrelevancy.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
Both overall director Richard Fleischer and his Japanese counterparts do a dull job, and the monotonously low-key tone of scene after scene almost suggests that each was filmed without a sense of ultimate slotting in the finished form.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
8 Jul 2008