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Tora! Tora! Tora! (ラ・トラ・トラ!) DVD 1970 / Directed by Richard Fleischer / Starring: Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, James Whitmore / Soh Yamamura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Eijiro Tono, Koreya Senda

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Tora! Tora! Tora! (ラ・トラ・トラ!) DVD 1970 / Directed by Richard Fleischer / Starring: Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, James Whitmore / Soh Yamamura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Eijiro Tono, Koreya Senda (5996255724226)

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REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio:  English 4.1, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: Hungarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, English HOH

Runtime: 139 minutes

 

English Summary:

Tora! Tora! Tora! (Japanese: トラ・トラ・トラ!) is a 1970 epic war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was produced by Elmo Williams and directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku, and stars an ensemble cast including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Sō Yamamura, E. G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takahiro Tamura, Wesley Addy, and Jason Robards. It was Masuda and Fukasaku's first English-language film, and first non-Japanese film.

In August 1939, the United States imposes a trade embargo on a belligerent Japan, severely limiting raw materials. Influential army figures and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and Italy in September 1940 and prepare for war. The newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, reluctantly plans a pre-emptive strike on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, believing that Japan's best hope of controlling the Pacific Ocean is to quickly annihilate the American fleet. Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda is chosen to mastermind the operation while his old Naval Academy classmate Mitsuo Fuchida is selected to lead the attack.

Meanwhile, in Washington, U.S. military intelligence has broken the Japanese Purple Code, allowing them to intercept secret Japanese radio transmissions indicating increased Japanese naval activity. Monitoring the transmissions are U.S. Army Col. Bratton and U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Kramer. At Pearl Harbor itself, Admiral Kimmel and General Short do their best to increase defensive naval and air patrols around Hawaii which could provide early warning of enemy presence. Short recommends concentrating aircraft at the base on the runways to avoid sabotage by enemy agents in Hawaii.

 

Hungarian Summary:

1941 nyarán az amerikai-japán viszony meglehetősen feszült, de még mindenki abban reménykedik, hogy a vitás kérdéseket sikerül diplomáciai úton rendezni. A japánok azonban már felkészültek egy Pearl Harbour elleni meglepetésszerű támadásra. Az amerikai hírszerzés ugyan figyelemmel követi a japán diplomáciai üzeneteket, de még Washington legbelsőbb körei sem tartják valószínűnek, hogy egy ilyen akció bekövetkezik, ezért nem is készülnek fel rá megfelelően...

 

Cast / Szereplők:

Allies

ActorRoleNotes
Martin Balsam Admiral Husband E. Kimmel Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Joseph Cotten Secretary Henry Stimson U.S. Secretary of War
E. G. Marshall Lt. Colonel Rufus S. Bratton Chief, Far Eastern Section, Military Intelligence Division, War Department
James Whitmore Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. Commander, Aircraft Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Jason Robards General Walter Short Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army Forces Hawaii
Wesley Addy Lt. Commander Alwin Kramer Cryptographer, OP-20-G
Frank Aletter Lt. Commander Francis Thomas Command Duty Officer, USS Nevada
Leon Ames Secretary Frank Knox U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Richard Anderson Captain John Earle Chief of Staff, 14th Naval District
Keith Andes General George C. Marshall Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Edward Andrews Admiral Harold Rainsford Stark Chief of Naval Operations
Neville Brand Lt. Harold Kaminski Duty Officer, 14th Naval District
George Macready Secretary Cordell Hull Secretary of State
Norman Alden Major Truman Landon Commanding Officer, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron
Walter Brooke Captain Theodore Wilkinson Director of Naval Intelligence
Rick Cooper 2nd Lt. George Welch Pilot, 47th Pursuit Squadron
Carl Reindel 2nd Lt. Kenneth Taylor Pilot, 47th Pursuit Squadron
Karl Lukas Captain Harold C. Train Chief of Staff, Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Ron Masak Lieutenant Lawrence E. Ruff Communications Officer, USS Nevada
Richard Erdman Colonel Edward F. French Chief, War Department Signal Center
Jerry Fogel Lt. Commander William W. Outerbridge Commanding Officer, USS Ward
Elven Havard Messman 3rd Class Doris Miller Crew member, USS West Virginia
G. D. Spradlin Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts Communications Officer, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Edmon Ryan Rear Admiral Patrick Bellinger Commander, Patrol Wing Two
Bill Zuckert Admiral James O. Richardson Commander, United States Fleet
Francis De Sales Capt. Arthur H. McCollum Naval Intelligence officer
Dave Donnelly Maj. Gordon Blake Hickam Field Operations Officer
Bill Edwards Col. Kendall J. Fielder Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Hawaiian Department
Jerry Cox Lt. Kermit Tyler Pilot, 78th Pursuit Squadron
Dick Fair Lt. Col. Carrol A. Powell Radar officer
Dick Cook Lt. Cmdr. Logan C. Ramsey Commander, Naval Base Pearl Harbor
Robert Karnes Maj. John H. Dillon Knox's aide
Ken Lynch Rear Adm. John H. Newton Commander, USS Lexington
Walter Reed Vice Adm. William S. Pye Interim Commander, Aircraft Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Robert Shayne Cmdr. William H. Buracker Operations Officer, Aircraft Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Larry Thor Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin Commander, Hawaiian Air Force
Harlan Warde Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow Commander, 29th Infantry Division

 

Japanese

ActorRoleNotes
So Yamamura Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet
Tatsuya Mihashi Commander Minoru Genda Air Staff, 1st Air Fleet
Takahiro Tamura Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida Commander, Air Group, Akagi
Eijirō Tōno Admiral Chuichi Nagumo Commander-in-Chief, 1st Air Fleet
Shōgo Shimada Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura Japanese Ambassador to the United States
Koreya Senda Prince Fumimaro Konoye Prime Minister of Japan
Junya Usami Admiral Zengo Yoshida Minister of the Navy
Kazuo Kitamura Minister Yosuke Matsuoka Minister of Foreign Affairs
Susumu Fujita Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi Commander, Second Carrier Division
Bontaro Miyake Admiral Koshiro Oikawa Minister of the Navy
Ichiro Reuzaki Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka Chief of Staff, 1st Air Fleet
Asao Uchida General Hideki Tojo Minister of War
Hiroshi Akutagawa Marquis Koichi Kido Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Shunichi Nakamura Captain Kameto "Gandhi" Kuroshima Senior Staff Officer, Combined Fleet
Kan Nihonyanagi Rear Admiral Chuichi Hara Commander, 5th Carrier Division
Toshio Hosokawa Lieutenant Commander Shigeharu Murata Commander, 1st Torpedo Attack Unit, Akagi
Hisashi Igawa Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki Fuchida's pilot
Hideo Murota Lt. Zenji Abe Pilot, Air Group, Akagi

 

Civilians

ActorRoleNotes
Leora Dana Ileana Kramer Lt. Cdr. Kramer's wife
Harold Conway Eugene Dooman US Embassy counselor
June Dayton Ray Cave Secretary
Meredith Weatherby Joseph Grew US Ambassador to Japan
Akira Kume Katsuzo Okumura Japanese diplomat
Jeff Donnell Cornelia Fort Civilian flying instructor
Hank Jones Davey Civilian student pilot
Kazuko Ichikawa Emiko Geisha in Kagoshima
Randall Duk Kim Tadao Messenger boy

The film was deliberately cast with actors who were not true box-office stars, including many Japanese amateurs, in order to place the emphasis on the story rather than the actors who were in it.

Several members of the cast had themselves served in World War II.

ActorServiceNotes
Martin Balsam United States Army Air Forces B-24 radio operator
James Whitmore Marine Corps Reserve  
Jason Robards US Navy USS Northampton and the USS Nashville
Wesley Addy Army  
Norman Alden Army  
Richard Anderson Army  
Keith Andes Marine Corps Sergeant
Neville Brand Army won a Purple Heart and Silver Star

 

 

Directed by American sequences
Richard Fleischer
Japanese sequences
Toshio Masuda
Kinji Fukasaku
Produced by Elmo Williams
Richard Fleischer (uncredited)
Screenplay by American sequences
Larry Forrester
Japanese sequences
Hideo Oguni
Ryūzō Kikushima
Akira Kurosawa (uncredited)
Based on Tora! Tora! Tora!
1969 book
by Gordon W. Prange
and The Broken Seal by
Ladislas Farago
Starring Martin Balsam
Sō Yamamura
Joseph Cotten
Tatsuya Mihashi
E. G. Marshall
James Whitmore
Takahiro Tamura
Eijirō Tōno
Jason Robards
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography American sequences
Charles F. Wheeler
Japanese sequences
Shinsaku Himeda
Masamichi Satoh
Osamu Furuya
Edited by James E. Newcom
Pembroke J. Herring
Inoue Chikaya
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 23, 1970
Running time
139 minutes
Country Japan
United States
   

 

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