Tora!_Tora!_Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora! One of the toughest tasks for a director making a historical film is to stay true to the material and be historically accurate. Tora! Tora! Tora! is a classic film recounting the Japanese sneak attack on the United States Navy’s Pacific Headquarters in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The background of the attack is told; in quite even fashion no less, from both that American and Japanese sides. Retelling history is a tough task in and of itself, but trying to accurately portray it on a binational level is another ball of wax. Directors Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, and Kinji Fukasaku do quite a spectacular job of staying true to history, although there are a few small elements that are purely Hollywood, as well as a few that are blown out of proportion for the sake of the movie. The co-production of Japanese and American filmmaking makes for a classic movie in any sense, not just a classic World War II movie. Tora! Tora! Tora! is one of the great films made about WWII. The film should be a staple in any film collection, as it is in mine. Having tora, attack, japanese, harbor, film, pearl, one, movie, yamamoto, history, great, united, states, message, been, war, events, story, hour, both, deal, ultimatum, time, quite, nearly, delivered, american, while, true, sides, retelling, prior, job, forces, films