| Martin Balsam | Adm. Husband E. Kimmel |
| So Yamamura | Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto |
| Joseph Cotten | Henry L. Stimson |
| Tatsuya Mihashi | Cmdr. Minoru Genda |
| E.G. Marshall | Lt. Col. Rufus S. Bratton |
| Takahiro Tamura | Lt. Cmdr. Fuchida |
| Eijiro Tono | Admiral Nagumo |
| Wesley Addy | Lt. Commander Kramer |
| Shogo Shimada | Ambassador Nomura |
| Frank Aletter | Lt. Commander Thomas |
| Leon Ames | Frank Knox |
| Junya Usami | Adm. Yoshida |
| Richard Anderson | Capt. John Earle |
| Neville Brand | Lt. Kaminsky |
| Leora Dana | Mrs. Kramer |
| George Macready | Cordell Hull |
| Rick Cooper | Lt. Welch |
| Elven Havard | Doris Miller |
| June Dayton | Miss Ray Cave |
| Jeff Donnell | Cornelia |
| Shunichi Nakamura | Kameto Kirojima |
| Edmon Ryan | Rear Adm. Bellinger |
| Hisao Toake | Saburo Kurusu |
| Norman Alden | Maj. Truman Landon |
| Keith Andes | Gen. George Marshall |
| Edward Andrews | Admiral Stark |
| Walter Brooke | Capt. Theodore Wilkinson |
| Richard Erdman | Col. Edward French |
| Jerry Fogel | Lt. Cmdr. William Outerbridge |
| Susumu Fujita | |
| Toshio Hosokawa | |
| Hank Jones | |
| Kazuo Kitamura | Foreign Minister Matuoka |
| Richard Krisher | |
| Karl Lukas | |
| Ron Masak | |
| Carl Reindel | Lt. Taylor |
| Jason Robards Jr. | Gen. Walter C. Short |
| Koreya Senda | Prince Fumimaro Konoye |
| Robert Shayne | |
| G.D. Spradlin | uncredited |
| Asao Uchida | Gen. Hideki Tojo |
| James Whitmore | Adm. William F. Halsey |
| Richard Fleischer | Director |
| Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Toshio Masuda | Director |
| L.B. Abbott | Special Effects |
| Inoue Chikaya | Editor |
| James Corcoran | Sound/Sound Designer |
| Art Cruickshank | Special Effects |
| Richard Day | Art Director |
| Larry Forrester | Screenwriter |
| Osamu Furuya | Cinematographer |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Score Composer |
| David Hall | Asst. Director |
| Pembroke J. Herring | Editor |
| Shinsaku Himeda | Cinematographer |
| Taizoh Kawashima | Art Director |
| Ryuzo Kikushima | Screenwriter |
| Otto Lang | Associate Producer |
| Herman Lewis | Sound/Sound Designer |
| Yoshiro Muraki | Art Director |
| James Newcom | Editor |
| Hideo Oguni | Screenwriter |
| Norman Rockett | Set Decoration/Design |
| Masamichi Satoh | Cinematographer |
| Walter Scott | Set Decoration/Design |
| Jack Martin Smith | Art Director, Production Designer |
| Murray Spivack | Sound/Sound Designer |
| Dan Striepeke | Makeup |
| Charles Wheeler | Cinematographer |
| Elmo Williams | Producer |
| Douglas O. Williams | Sound/Sound Designer |
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Posted October 1, 2010
I bought Tora, Tora, Tora because I had seen it a number of years ago on VHS. Being a history major, I was impressed with the historical detail of the movie. The movie also goes into the "back story" on the Japanese side and show how the attack was planned and why it was deemed necessary by the Japanese. It also shows how the US government was almost sleeping through world events, while ignoring the concerns those people who were paying attention to what was going on. Also covered is the fact that Washington had detailed intelligence on Japanese plans, but would not release all of the information to their theater commanders (Admiral Kimmell and General Short). This forced them to guess their best course of action, and they guessed wrong. I was also impressed with the fact that the Japanese actors in the movie actually speak Japanese (not English) as in other WWII movies. This is a movie well worth adding to the collection of any WWII or history buff.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This outstanding American and Japanese film is quite possibly the finest audio-visual narrative of the Pearl Harbor attack. It is historically accurate (save a few minor details), well presented and very exciting. For strategy devotees, this is a must see.
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Posted October 1, 2010
The more recent Pearl Harbor went for the James Cameron formula in Titanic, in which an immediate & personal story plays out in the foreground while the historical event is the backdrop. This film was made almost in a documentary style and great care was taken to present a balanced view. This film better explains, as well as a movie can, the forces that drove the Pearl Harbor attack as well as why the United States was caught so unprepared. Great visuals and action complement the story.
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Posted May 30, 2001
It is a great movie. The title is the neatest part. Tora means tiger in japenesse. That was the attack call for the japanesse fighter planes.
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