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Tora! Tora! Tora! [Blu-ray Book]

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Tora! Tora! Tora!...is the code that advised Japanese Imperial Navy commanders that the devastating December 7, 1941 attack on Hawaii commenced with utter surprise and without resistance. Torpedo bombers, dive bombers and fighter planes swept down upon Pearl Harbor and other military targets, killing over 2,400 and wounding over 1,200. More than a dozen ships were damaged or destroyed. Dozens of aircraft were lost. America, “the sleeping giant,” was abruptly awakened by WWII.

Tora! Tora! Tora! is Twentieth Century Fox’s meticulously researched and painstakingly authentic reenactment of “the date which will live in infamy” and the political and military intrigue that preceded it. This stunning and definitive war docudrama stars Jason Robards, Martin Balsam and E.G. Marshall.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 5.65 x 0.3 inches; 5.1 ounces
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ AC-3, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Widescreen, Blu-ray, Dubbed, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2011
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ 20th Century Fox
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005OOSPZO
  • Customer Reviews:
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5 stars for the movie - but the packaging isn't wonderful.......
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5 stars for the movie - but the packaging isn't wonderful.......
The movie is great (of course), and the Blu-Ray quality is outstanding. But I'm not in love with the packaging. There is no hard case - the DVD is tucked inside the back cover of the book (I posted an image). It kind of looks like an afterthought.The book will surely show some wear on the cover as it is slid in and out of the bookcase. I wish I had bought the regular Blu-Ray instead. To me, the book isn't worth the extra cost.Just my 2¢......
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5.0 out of 5 stars By far the best historical retelling of events leading up to Pearl Harbor and allied failures.
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2023
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This is taken from a book of the same name, written by an American in the US occupation force who wrote this detailed history based on inside information including, among other important details,, the American partial cracking of the Japanese code, which led them to the conclusion a number of hours in advance that a very long coded message to the Japanese embassy was in fact a declaration of war, meaning all US forces needed to be on an immediate war footing.

Then it took hours to locate and bring together the necessary military and administration officials, and the military officer sent to telegraph Pearl Harbor couldn't deal with the fact his own service's direct telecommunications with Pearl Harbor were down, couldn't bring himself to use the other service's, and instead sent it Western Union, neglected to mark it urgent, and it hopscotched through myriad intermediatry Western Union offices before finally arriving at Pearl Harbor, hours late.

There was also the brass who ignorned a kill of a mini-sub near the harbor and the radar installation - which only operated at night when it wouldn't step on commercial radio broadcasts, reported huge flight incoming, and the supervising officer decided without inquiring further it must be a flight from San Diego and told the crew to sign off and go back to barracks. Then there was the airfield officer who ignored orders from higher up and clustered all his planes under guard, more worried about Japanese saboteurs than being attacked, meaning only two fighters ever got off the ground.

A SNAFU from beginning to end, but as usual, not the nonsensical conspiracy alleged by nitwits who think FDR let them sink the Pacific fleet to get into WWII - as if it wouldn't be enough that they declared war, attacked - and we won the battle. As usual, given a choice between stupid and a vast secret conspiracy - especially when it doesn't make sense even if it were true - it's going to be stupid 100% of the time. Everyone operates with recency bias. We can't believe the yellow man would attack us across thousands of miles of ocean, just as the Brits couldn't imagine the Japanese could run through Malaysia to Singapore, where the Japanese practically walked in unopposed.

Like most wars, it started with myriad errors, mostly on the US side (the Japanese had been fighting in Asia for close to a decade and had a well honed war machine). Save the biggest blunder - declaring war on the US in the first place. The quote attributed to Yamamoto at the end - that the Japanese had awakened a terrible enemy and could only hope to delay the inevitable - was not a recorded quote from the time, though it probably reflected his thinking; he had lived in the US for a time and had a very good idea about the industrial capacity of the US which Japan could not match.

Weirdly, the unabridged book was only published in Japanese, in Japan, though written by an American with the military//diplomatic delegation, and is available in English to this day only, to my knowledge, in abridged form, by, of all people, Reader's Digest 40 years ago!

A Youtube history channel (sorry, don't recall which) counted this as unsurpassed in its historical accuracy, and I've no reason to doubt it. Well done all around. No dominant heroes - and plenty of stupid to go around along with some heroism, but believable characters on both sides, including Japanese playing the Japanese getting equal time, speaking Japanese. (I haven't checked, but I imagine this also saw release in Japan).

If you're looking for a movie you can chant USA! to, maybe not your movie, but if you want an accurate picture of how wars often start - with mind-numbing blunders as well as courage, which can turn around if you can survive long enough - this is a fine example. It's very convenient having thousands of miles of ocean between us and any country with hope of threatening us, though that's less comfort in the nuclear age.
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Debbie McKane
5.0 out of 5 stars Tora! Tora! Tora! - Gordon Prange & Ladislas Farago at their Best!
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2007
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The first time I saw Tora! Tora! Tora! was on the big screen at Naval Hospital, San Diego. I liked it so much I saw it three nights in a row. Some years later, I purchased the VHS video tape the day of its release. I have two DVD versions of Tora! Tora! Tora! as well as two VHS versions of the movie. I've also watched the Japanese version (with English subtitles). Tora! Tora! Tora! is a great film but it should not be taken as the ultimate "truth" about Pearl Harbor and how America got into World War II.

Tora! Tora! Tora! used an American director for the American sequences, and two Japanese directors (the first was fired) for the filming of the Japanese sequences. Much of the original Japanese crew was let go when the first Japanese director was fired (for being way over budget and for producing only 600 feet of film, as I recall).

This is a truly excellent movie that men and women can both watch and enjoy.

Beware, however, the scenes showing the "12 Apositles" who were "allowed access" to `Magic'(decrypted Japanese diplomatic and consular intercepts). The actual number of Americans with access to Magic was well over 100. And the President's name was NEVER taken off what the movie calls "the Ultra List." (FDR didn't actually read all the daily diplomatic intercepts, of which the Army and Navy had just over 8,000 in 1941 alone. Instead, he read daily summaries of the intercepts. The same applies to most of the senior officers in the War and Navy Departments.)

Alwin D. Kramer, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, and Colonel Rufus Sumnter Bratton, U.S. Army, both worked in different offices rather than in a combined Army-Navy office shown in the movie. Both men were attached to the Far Eastern Sections of their respective intelligence departments (Office of Naval Intelligence with Kramer; Military Intelligence Division (for Bratton).) Bratton was officer in charge of the Far Eastern Section of MID. Kramer was head of OP-20-GZ (translation section in the Office of Naval Communications, OP-20), but he was actually on OP-16's (Office of Naval Intelligence's) payroll. Tora! Tora! Tora! gives Bratton's middle initial as "G", but that is in error. His middle name was Sumnter, as stated above.

"Magic" (again, intercepted foreign diplomatic and consular messages) was critical to what the U.S. (and British) Governments knew of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's diplomatic efforts. Although the National Security Agency still denies this, we also had a product called Ultra as relates to Japan. These were intercepted, decoded and translated Japanese naval and military intercepts. Ultra played a major part in our victory over the Combined Fleet in the Battle of Midway, fought 4 to 6 June 1942.

Tora! Tora! Tora! is, as I said, an excellent movie. It's full of suspense and it is very well acted by both the Americans and the Japanese. It presents a fair few of both the American and Japanese perspectives that helped lead to "Pearl Harbor" and U.S. entry into the Second World War.

First Lieutenant Kermit A. Tyler is claimed in the movie to say, "Well, don't worry about it," when he's told of the large number of planes approaching the Opana Point Radar station from north of Oahu (flying in over Kahuku Point). Tyler himself later testified that this was his reaction to the radar report phoned to him by Privates Lockard and Elliott. Here's the rub: The USS LEXINGTON had a radar and visual sighting of two Japanese carrier aircraft approximately 400 miles north west of Oahu on Saturday afternoon, 6 December 1941. LEXINGTON's radar report was the real first sighting of some of the Japanese aircraft that took part in the raid on Pearl Harbor.

American intelligence didn't "fail" in the lead up to the events of 7 December 1941. Intelligence, however, isn't always used the way the average citizen thinks it should be used. Those in high political and military offices have many strategic and tactical matters they have to factor into the decision making process. Not the least of these was the apathy of the American people in the period leading up to the Japanese raid on our obsolete battleships at Pearl Harbor. (Our three carriers then in the Pacific, LEXINGTON, ENTERPRISE and SARATOGA were not in port on 7 Dec. 1941. "Target ship," USS UTAH, was moored at a carrier berth off Ford Island. Battleship COLORADO, that had completed an overhaul at Bremerton, Washington a month before, was still at Bremerton. WEST VIRGINIA, that was overdue for overhaul, was moored outboard at Ford Island.)

This reviewer spent a little over 13 years researching Pearl Harbor on a full time basis. He has absolutely no animus for the Japanese---nor does he hold any animus for any of the senior Americans involved with Pearl Harbor.

"Pearl Harbor" saved the world (including Japan, in my opinion) from the Nazis. At the cost of a few thousand Americans, millions of lives were spared in Europe and Asia---and, ultimately---in the U.S. as well.

Tora! Tora! Tora! is one of my ten favorite movies. I've probably watched it over 50 times in the past thirty six years or so. And I will probably watch it another fifty times or more between now and the time I storm the great beyond.

E.G. Marshall (R.S. Bratton) and Wesley Addy (A.D. Kramer) in the film both do exceptional jobs with their acting. So does every other member of the U.S. and Japanese cast, in my opinion.

Great movie---and, in my opinion, a "Must have" for every American and Japanese who appreciates the very best in direction, acting, scenery, editing, cinamatography, etc. This is also a good action film---and it is fair to both the Japanese and American perspectives.

A "Well done!" to every member of the cast and crew of Tora! Tora! Tora! and to 20th Century Fox for producing this wonderful movie!

Andrew McKane IV

Missoula, Montana
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K.L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent History Lesson
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023
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When the movie came out, the viewpoint was controversial. WWII was recent enough that many veterans still had vivid memories of the War in the Pacific, with all of its brutality. Telling the story of Pearl Harbor from the Japanese point of view seemed like a slap in the face to many servicemen. Now that these memories have faded and most of the veterans are (sadly) no longer with us, it is possible to appreciate the movie for what it was meant to be. An excellent, gripping history of the lead-up to war with Japan. As far as I can tell, told with great authenticity (usual for Hollywood movies). It should be noted that Yamamoto may not actually have said ""I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." It's one of the best lines in movie history and it echos his sentiments (if not his actual words).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Attack on Pearl Harbor
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
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It’s a wonderful version of the attack on Pearl Harbor
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B. Beattie
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Movie About Pearl Harbour
Reviewed in Canada on February 20, 2024
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This remastered version of Tora! Tora! Tora! is terrific; both the picture quality and sound have been enhanced and add to the experience of a film that depicts both the American and Japanese perspectives that led to the invasion of Pearl Harbour. An excellent movie.
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Reviewed in France on April 24, 2024
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Très bon film
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Christian Seibt
5.0 out of 5 stars Klassiker
Reviewed in Germany on April 16, 2024
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Gute Schauspieler und gute Bildqualität.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Splendidly-produced war movie
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2024
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This movie was produced as a joint Japanese-American venture. The acting by both casts is excellent, and the Japanese dialogue which takes up much of the action is well translated in the sub-titles, which are not so obtrusive as to interfere with the action. Filming is excellent, and the main irony of the history of Pearl Harbor, that not only was the US officially notified by the Japanese after the attack had commenced but that the US intelligence itself was not communicated to those in power, comes over clearly. This movie has generally been underrated: I give it full marks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Goede film.
Reviewed in the Netherlands on September 16, 2023
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Goede film om een idee te krijgen over de dilemma's waarover beslissingen genomen moesten worden, door zowel Japanners als door overige machten.
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