U certificateTora! Tora! Tora! is a Film programme that first aired in 1970 and has been classified a U certificate.

Tora! Tora! Tora! is a 4 star programme

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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Directed by
Richard Fleischer
,
Kinji Fukasaku

Unlike many historical feature films, Tora! Tora! Tora! does not bend the facts. Meticulous and even-handed in its approach, it shows the events on both sides that led up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

Also, movies about the Pacific theatre of the Second World War tend to demonise the Japanese. Tora! Tora! Tora! elects not to do this, presenting both the Japanese and American sides of the story without resorting to cheap shots. The Japanese are not faceless bad guys, nor are the Americans innocent, blameless victims.

At more than two and a half hours, Tora! Tora! Tora! is long, but it's still engaging and absorbing all the way through. It won an Oscar for best effects. Well worth watching.

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Genre: Film

Running Time: 155 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1970

Rating:
4/5 Stars

Classification: U Certificate

Filmed in Colour

When is Tora! Tora! Tora! next on TV?

It's next showing on Film4 May 2nd, 1:35pm and on Film4 Plus 1 May 2nd, 2:35pm. See more...

Cast

Image for Martin BalsamMartin Balsam...Admiral Kimmel
Sô Yamamura...Admiral Yamamoto
Joseph Cotten...Henry Stimson
Tatsuya Mihashi...Commander Genda
Image for E.G. MarshallE.G. Marshall...Lt. Col. Bratton
Takahiro Tamura...Lt. Commander Fuchida
James Whit...Admiral Halsey
Eijirô Tono...Admiral Nagumo
Image for Jason Robards Sr.Jason Robards Sr....General Short
Wesley Addy...Lt. Cmdr Alvin Kramer
Shôgo Shimada...Ambassador Nomura
Frank Aletter...Lt. Commander Thomas
Koreya Senda...Prince Konoye
Leon Ames...Frank Knox
Jun Usami...Admiral Yoshida