Tora! Tora! Tora!, is essentially two films that slowly intertwine to tell one story of the events that lead to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Both sides, American and Japanese are portrayed. The American forces are lead by Admiral Kimmel and the Japanese by Admiral Yamamoto. The movie shows the tensions between the two nations, and within the two nations, before the attack. It explains how the United States was aware of some sort of military offensive from the Japanese. They were not sure where, exactly, it was going to happen. It also shows the failure of the United States to initially respond to the threats posed to them by Japan before the actual attack. As the movie begins the Japanese are preparing for the attack. They first discuss their reasons for the attack, then test their bombers, and make their final plans for the assault. Most of the film is spent showing the Japanese preparation for the bombing and the U.S. forces trying to figure out what is happening. Various intercepted messages gave the American government a very small amount of concrete information upon which to act. The final parts of Tora! Tora! Tora! show the actual attack on Pearl Harbor. It made clear that no one really knew much about the coming attack.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the conflicted commander of the Japanese fleet, is the man who has the duty of carrying out the attack on Pearl Harbor. He is a well educated military person. As a Harvard graduate and more familiar with the enemy, he believes his country is underestimating the Americans. He shows throughout the movie that he thinks Japan's military is acting out of greed and stupidity. The movie closes on his quote with his telling quotation: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.".
Col. Rufus Bratton and Lt. Commander Alvin Kramer are two of the select few who are in the secret decoding room where the Japanese messages are intercepted.
One of the toughest tasks for a director making a historical film is to stay true to the material and be historically accurate. Tora! Tora! Tora! is a classic film recounting the Japanese sneak attack on the United States Navy's Pacific Headquarters in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The...
Q: Is Tora! Tora! Tora! a historical film in relevance to the beginnings of the Pacific war and the attack on Pearl Harbour? It has almost been 62 years since the attack on Pearl Harbour. Since then, many have grieved, many have found hope in eventual victory, and many have attempted to create a ...
"Tora! Tora! Tora!"" is a 1970 war film directed by Richard Fleischer that narrates the historic Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The movie revolves around the decisions made by the key officials in different departments of both Japan and the United States (US) government. It tackles significant eve...
At 7:53 A.M. the first Japanese assault lashed out with fifty-one "val" dive bombers, forty "Kate" bombers, fifty high level bombers, and forty-three "zero" fighters, begins the attack with fight commandeer Misto Fuchida sounding the battle cry: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" ...
The Tragedy Of Pearl Harbor It's very much like Titanic. If you didn't have Leo and Kate and you didn't have their love story, it would just be a sinking ship. Tora Tora Tora attempted to do this. And they did this at that time on a big scale, but it was more like a docudrama. You weren't identifyi...
The United States involvement in World War II was unnecessary and we should have not had to retaliate the way we did with regards to the Pearl Harbor Bombing. The President at the time was Franklin Delanore Roosevelt and there are allegations that he himself may be the reason that we entered the...
In the morning of 7th December in 1941 at approximately 7:45 am, a surprise bombing attack on the United State's Pacific Fleet military base in Hawaii, by the Japanese Navy was conducted. Over 2,500 people were killed and 1,000 had casualties. 18 of America's ships were either destroyed or damaged a...
