"The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor."

1970

2h 24m

7.2(561 votes)

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In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

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95 members

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Martin Balsam

Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

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山村聰

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

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Jason Robards

General Walter C. Short

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Joseph Cotten

Henry L. Stimson

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三橋達也

Commander Minoru Genda

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E.G. Marshall

Colonel Rufus S. Bratton

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田村高廣

Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida

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James Whitmore

Admiral William F. Halsey

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東野英治郎

Admiral Chuici Nagumo

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Wesley Addy

Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer

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島田正吾

Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura

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Frank Aletter

Lt. Commander Thomas

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千田是也

Prince Fumimaro Konoye

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Leon Ames

Frank Knox

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宇佐美淳

Admiral Zengo Yoshida

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Richard Anderson

Captain John B. Earle

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北村和夫

Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka

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Keith Andes

General George C. Marshall

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Edward Andrews

Admiral Harold R. Stark

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Neville Brand

Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky

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Leora Dana

Mrs. Kramer

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内田朝雄

General Hideki Tojo

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藤田進

Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

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見明凡太朗

Adm. Koshiro Oikawa

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龍崎一郎

Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka

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George Macready

Cordell Hull

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Norman Alden

Major Truman Landon

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市川和子

Geisha in Kagoshima

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Walter Brooke

Captain Theodore Wilkinson

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Hank Jones

Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane

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Rick Cooper

Lieutenant George Welch

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Karl Lukas

Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California

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June Dayton

Miss Ray Cave

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Ron Masak

Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada

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Jeff Donnell

Cornelia

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Shunichi Nakamura

Kameto Kurojima

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Richard Erdman

Colonel Edward F. French

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二本柳寛

Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara

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Jerry Fogel

Lt. Commander William Outerbridge

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Carl Reindel

Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor

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Elven Havard

Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller

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Edmon Ryan

Rear Admiral Bellinger

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細川俊夫

Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata

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十朱久雄

Saburo Kurusu

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安部徹

Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)

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芥川比呂志

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (uncredited)

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Leon Alton

Official (uncredited)

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渥美清

Cook #1 (uncredited)

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Paul Bradley

Official (uncredited)

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Harold Conway

Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited)

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Francis De Sales

Capt. Arthur H. McCollum (uncredited)

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George DeNormand

Official (uncredited)

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Glenn Dixon

Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

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Dave Donnelly

Maj. Gordon A. Blake (uncredited)

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James B. Douglas

French's Subordinate (uncredited)

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Bill Edwards

Col. Kendall J. Fielder (uncredited)

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Paul Frees

Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)

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Bobby Gilbert

Official (uncredited)

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Charles Gilbert

Lt. Col. William H. Murphy (uncredited)

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浜田寅彦

Admiral (uncredited)

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Ed Haskett

Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

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葉山良二

Admiral (uncredited)

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Andrew Hughes

Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan (uncredited)

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井川比佐志

Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited)

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Alex Johnson

Army Officer (uncredited)

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Robert Karnes

Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table (uncredited)

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Berry Kroeger

U.S. Army General (uncredited)

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久米明

Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)

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Joseph La Cava

Official (uncredited)

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Ken Lynch

Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)

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松山英太郎

Cook #2 (uncredited)

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Mitch Mitchell

Col. Walter C. Phillips (uncredited)

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室田日出男

Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

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岡崎二朗

Pilot (uncredited)

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John Pedrini

Official (uncredited)

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Steve Pendleton

Destroyer Captain (uncredited)

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Charlie Picerni

Burning Sailor (uncredited)

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Joe Pine

Official (uncredited)

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Walter Reed

Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)

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Robert Shayne

Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)

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Edward Sheehan

Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson (uncredited)

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Tommy Splittgerber

Ed Klein (uncredited)

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G. D. Spradlin

Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts (uncredited)

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Hiroshi Tom Tanaka

Japanese Midget Submarine Crewman (uncredited)

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Larry Thor

Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin (uncredited)

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George Tobias

Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

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Bob Turnbull

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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Harlan Warde

Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (uncredited)

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Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby

Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited)

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David Westberg

Ens. Edgar M. Fair (uncredited)

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Bruce Wilson

Pvt. Joseph Lockard (uncredited)

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Bill Zuckert

Adm. James O. Richardson (uncredited)

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Mike Daneen

Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary (uncredited)

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