Tora! Tora! Tora! Movie Review 1970

The story of events leading up to December 7, 1941, is retold by three directors from both Japanese and American viewpoints in this tense, large-scale production. Well-documented and realistic treatment of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the U.S. into WWII; notable for its good photography but lacks a story line equal to its epic intentions.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 144 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Big-Budget Bombs, World War II, Big Battles, Pacific Islands, Japan

Screenplay

Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Larry Forrester

Cast

Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Wesley Addy, Jason Robards, James Whitmore, Leon Ames, George Macready, Takahiro Tamura, Eijiro Tono, Shogo Shimada, Koreya Senda, Jun Usami, Richard Anderson, Kazuo Kitamura, Keith Andes, Edward Andrews, Neville Brand, Leora Dana, Walter Brooke, Norman Alden, Ron Masak, Edmon Ryan, Asao Uchida, Frank Aletter, Jerry Fogel

Cinematography

Sinsaku Himeda, Charles F. Wheeler, Osamu Furuya

Director

Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Producer

Elmo Williams, 20th Century-Fox

Awards

Oscars 1970: Visual FX.