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Here is just one of the many mishaps chronicled in Tora! Tora! Tora!: "Sir, there's a large formation of planes coming in from the north, 140 miles, 3 degrees east." "Yeah? Don't worry about it." The epic film shows the bombing of Pearl Harbour from both sides in the historic first American-Japanese coproduction: American director Richard Fleischer oversaw the complicated production (the Japanese sequences were directed by Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku, after Akira Kurosawa withdrew from the film), wrestling a sprawling story with dozens of characters into a manageable, fairly easy-to-follow film. The first half maps out the collapse of diplomacy between the nations and the military blunders that left naval and air forces sitting ducks for the impending attack, while the second half is an amazing re-creation of the devastating battle. While Tora! Tora! Tora! lacks the strong central characters that anchor the best war films, the real star of the film is the climactic 30-minute battle, a massive feat of cinematic engineering that expertly conveys the surprise, the chaos and the immense destruction of the only attack by a foreign power on American soil since the Revolutionary war. The special effects won a well-deserved Oscar, but the film was shut out of every other category by, ironically, the other epic war picture of the year, Patton. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
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Extra Features:
Director/Japanese Film Historian Audio Commentary
Original Theatrical Trailer - "The Longest Day"
Theatrical Trailer - "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
Theatrical Trailer - "Patton"
Language: English 4.1
Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish and English
for the hearing impaired.
Director/Japanese Film Historian Audio Commentary
Original Theatrical Trailer - "The Longest Day"
Theatrical Trailer - "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
Theatrical Trailer - "Patton"
Language: English 4.1
Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish and English
for the hearing impaired.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I would full heatedly agree with the other very favourable reviews of both content and picture quality. No one seems to have mentioned that on the Blu-ray there is an excellent collection of ten short Fox Movietonews Items. The documentary 'A day of Infamy' which was on the DVD is also included. Also 'History vs Hollywood Tora Tora Tora A giant Awakes' and 'AMC Backstory' which tell of the making of and that for once how the American Studio tried to truthfully recreate what had actually happened rather than pervert the path of truth to show how heroic and single handed Americans had won the last war. You have to remember that this film was made before the days of CGI and real planes were built specially for the film. The next evening after watching Tora Tora Tora I watched 'Pearl Harbour',it's too much love story /relationships and though the attack on Pearl Harbour is more dramatic, is does rather look like an arcade game! Highly recommended to those who like the film and worth the upgrade from DVD especially for the very interesting extras.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Now that all the hoopla is over as to which is the best Pearl Harbor film we can concentrate on "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970) this recreation of the Day of Infamy.
Naturally there will always be those people that are not satisfied with the accuracy of this recreation. And there is the compromise of having both sides of the story in one film.
Other than a will paced film that keeps your attention, the real surprise is all the DVD goodies. The most important is the running narrative. It does some of the explaining of the differences between this film and reality without making excuses. After watching first with out the narrative, then with the narrative, it is time to watch it again and notice the points made on how the scenes were shot, the people picked and how they attempted to make the bulk of the film comply with history as we remember.
It does not make sense to repeat the narrative or the story in this review. Let's just say you will not be disappointed with the movie
Naturally there will always be those people that are not satisfied with the accuracy of this recreation. And there is the compromise of having both sides of the story in one film.
Other than a will paced film that keeps your attention, the real surprise is all the DVD goodies. The most important is the running narrative. It does some of the explaining of the differences between this film and reality without making excuses. After watching first with out the narrative, then with the narrative, it is time to watch it again and notice the points made on how the scenes were shot, the people picked and how they attempted to make the bulk of the film comply with history as we remember.
It does not make sense to repeat the narrative or the story in this review. Let's just say you will not be disappointed with the movie
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
The attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday December 7, 1941 was one of the most signifcant events of the 20th century. It secured US entry into World War II which in turn helped in the victory in Europe over Germany.
A key feature of this movie is that it was a joint American-Japanese production and hence gives both perspectives and a balanced picture of the story. It is both a historically accurate account of the events and also a gripping and watchable film.
The first half of the movie maps out the events leading up to the attack, the question of why it happened is an important point for any event in history but particularly in this case.
The movie's second half is a stunning recreation of the devastating battle. Considering when it was filmed the effects of the battle compare favourably with those of the far more recent Pearl Harbor directed by Michael Bay.
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Great film, disappointing picture quality on Blu-ray
I purchased this to replace the DVD copy I already owned, which in turn had replaced a video copy, and was delighted to see some extra footage had been included. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Rob Tree
Brilliant Blu-Ray
I won't bother mentioning the content itself - you all already know it's the best film account of the attack on Pearl Harbour yet made. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Barrett
A documentary feel about this film.
Tora.Tora.Tora gives the perspective from the American and the Japanese point of view. Also the reason why Japan went to war and America got caught deceitfully in Pearl Harbour. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ultrarunner
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Banzai! how the USA was caught napping. this is movie is far better than the remake. thrills & spills galore.
Published 4 months ago by MR MICHAEL A FRANCIS
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good film of the attack on pearl harbour but wasvery disapointed with the film because there was an intermission in the midle of the film that was not expected as a result ruined... Read more
Published 4 months ago by kevin wood
Thank you - you saved the day !!! TORA TORA TORA
My son mentioned this film and how he would like to get a copy of the DVD. All I could recall it was a very long time ago and had no idea where I would find it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Georgina
Excellent
Excellent movie and well known from the past, but in
blue-ray it is great experience to see this movie
again in great quality for video and sound.
blue-ray it is great experience to see this movie
again in great quality for video and sound.
Published 5 months ago by D. Gianniou
impartial historical reconstruction and fast paced narrative
This is a true masterpiece of a historical film. The fact are told as they were, with as much attention to detail as one can expect in two hours. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Carno Polo
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him...
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Published 7 months ago by Trevor Willsmer
Raises complex diplomatic breakdown to high drama
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