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 background of the attack is told; in quite even fashion no less, from both that American and Japanese sides. Retelling history is a tough task in and of itself, but trying to accurately portray it on a binational level is another ball of wax. Directors Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, and Kinji Fukasaku do quite a spectacular job of staying true to history, although there are a few small elements that are purely Hollywood, as well as a few that are blown out of proportion for the sake of the movie. The co-production of Japanese and American filmmaking makes for a classic movie in any sense, not just a classic World War II movie. .
Tora! Tora! Tora! is one of the great films made about WWII. The film should be a staple in any film collection, as it is in mine. Having seen the film countless times and doing quite a bit of reading regarding WWII and the attack on Pearl Harbor, it is amazing how accurately the film is presented. While taking a WWII history class during my undergraduate years, I read Gordon Prange's At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor and Roberta Wohlstetter's Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision. Both books gave in depth accounts of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the events leading up to and following the attack. The resemblance between the actual events of the fall of 1941 and those that hit the silver screen in 1970 are uncanny. Granted there are those "Hollywood" moments that are injected strictly for showmanship, but on the whole, Tora! Tora! Tora! is about as accurate a historical war movie that has been produced, one possible exception would be Steven Spielberg's epic Saving Private Ryan.
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 ten...
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...
