
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.
Cast

Martin Balsam
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

So Yamamura
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Jason Robards
General Walter C. Short

Joseph Cotten
Henry L. Stimson

Tatsuya Mihashi
Commander Minoru Genda

E.G. Marshall
Colonel Rufus S. Bratton

Takahiro Tamura
Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida

James Whitmore
Admiral William F. Halsey

Eijirō Tōno
Admiral Chuici Nagumo

Wesley Addy
Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer

Shōgo Shimada
Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura

Frank Aletter
Lt. Commander Thomas

Koreya Senda
Prince Fumimaro Konoye

Leon Ames
Frank Knox

Jun Usami
Admiral Zengo Yoshida

Richard Anderson
Captain John B. Earle

Kazuo Kitamura
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka

Keith Andes
General George C. Marshall

Edward Andrews
Admiral Harold R. Stark

Neville Brand
Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky

Leora Dana
Mrs. Kramer

Asao Uchida
General Hideki Tojo

George Macready
Cordell Hull

Norman Alden
Major Truman Landon

Walter Brooke
Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Rick Cooper
Lieutenant George Welch
Elven Havard
Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller

June Dayton
Miss Ray Cave

Jeff Donnell
Cornelia

Richard Erdman
Colonel Edward F. French

Jerry Fogel
Lt. Commander William Outerbridge
Shunichi Nakamura
Kameto Kurojima

Carl Reindel
Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor

Edmon Ryan
Rear Admiral Bellinger

Hisao Toake
Saburo Kurusu

Susumu Fujita
Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

Bontarō Miake
Adm. Koshiro Oikawa

Ichirō Ryūzaki
Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka

Kazuko Ichikawa
Geisha in Kagoshima

Hank Jones
Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane

Karl Lukas
Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California

Ron Masak
Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara
Toshio Hosokawa
Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata

Tōru Abe
Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)

Hiroshi Akutagawa
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Official (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Atsumi
Cook #1 (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Official (uncredited)

Harold Conway
Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited)

Francis De Sales
Capt. Arthur H. McCollum (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Official (uncredited)
Glenn Dixon
Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)
Dave Donnelly
Maj. Gordon A. Blake (uncredited)

James B. Douglas
French's Subordinate (uncredited)

Bill Edwards
Col. Kendall J. Fielder (uncredited)

Paul Frees
Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Official (uncredited)
Charles Gilbert
Lt. Col. William H. Murphy (uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada
Admiral (uncredited)
Ed Haskett
Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

Ryōji Hayama
Admiral (uncredited)
Andrew Hughes
Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan (uncredited)

Hisashi Igawa
Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited)
Alex Johnson
Army Officer (uncredited)

Robert Karnes
Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table (uncredited)

Berry Kroeger
U.S. Army General (uncredited)
Akira Kume
Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Official (uncredited)

Ken Lynch
Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)
Eitarō Matsuyama
Cook #2 (uncredited)
Mitch Mitchell
Col. Walter C. Phillips (uncredited)

Hideo Murota
Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

Jiro Okazaki
Pilot (uncredited)
John Pedrini
Official (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton
Destroyer Captain (uncredited)

Charlie Picerni
Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Joe Pine
Official (uncredited)

Walter Reed
Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)

Robert Shayne
Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Edward Sheehan
Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson (uncredited)
Tommy Splittgerber
Ed Klein (uncredited)

G. D. Spradlin
Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts (uncredited)
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Japanese Midget Submarine Crewman (uncredited)

Larry Thor
Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin (uncredited)

George Tobias
Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)
Bob Turnbull
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Harlan Warde
Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (uncredited)
Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited)

David Westberg
Ens. Edgar M. Fair (uncredited)
Bruce Wilson
Pvt. Joseph Lockard (uncredited)

Bill Zuckert
Adm. James O. Richardson (uncredited)

Mike Daneen
Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary (uncredited)

Ken Clayton
Official (uncredited)
Bennie E. Dobbins
Falling Sailor / Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Lou Dyer
U.S. Navy Captain (uncredited)
Nelson Fair
Lt. Col. Carrol A. Powell - Radar Officer #1 (uncredited)

Jamie Farr
Multiple Characters (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan
Falling Sailor (uncredited)

Randall Duk Kim
Tadao - Japanese Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Dan Leegant
George Street - RCA Honolulu District Manager (uncredited)
Victor Paul
Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Crew

Toshio Masuda
Director

Kinji Fukasaku
Director

Richard Fleischer
Director, Producer

Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay

Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Larry Forrester
Screenplay
Ladislas Farago
Novel
Gordon W. Prange
Novel
James E. Newcom
Editor
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Shinya Inoue
Editor
Charles F. Wheeler
Director of Photography
Masamichi Satoh
Director of Photography
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Osamu Furuya
Director of Photography
Al Murphy
Second Assistant Director
Hiroshi Nagai
Assistant Director
Elliot Schick
Assistant Director

Shunsuke Kariya
Assistant Director
Harrold Weinberger
Assistant Director
Maurice Unger
Production Coordinator
Theodore Taylor
Production Coordinator
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Elmo Williams
Producer
Otto Lang
Associate Producer
Keinosuke Kubo
Associate Producer
Masayuki Takagi
Associate Producer

Randee Lynne Jensen
Production Assistant
Jack Whitman
Camera Operator
Felix Trimboli
Assistant Camera
Rexford L. Metz
Assistant Camera
Tom Kerschner
Assistant Camera
Dave Friedman
Assistant Camera
Thomas Del Ruth
Assistant Camera
Gary Armstrong
Assistant Camera
Ed Wynigear
Wardrobe Master
Courtney Haslam
Wardrobe Supervisor
Layne Britton
Makeup Artist
Otis Malcolm
Makeup Artist

Daniel C. Striepeke
Makeup Supervisor
Ray Kellogg
Second Unit Director
Robert Enrietto
Second Unit Director
Jack Senter
Assistant Art Director
Don Hall
Supervising Sound Editor
Herman Lewis
Sound Recordist
Douglas O. Williams
Sound Recordist
Shin Watarai
Sound Recordist
James Corcoran
Sound Recordist
Theodore Soderberg
Sound Recordist
Murray Spivack
Sound Recordist
Frank Meadows
Boom Operator
Bob Sheridan
Boom Operator
William O. King
Special Effects Technician
Whitey Krumm
Special Effects Technician
Paul Wurtzel
Special Effects Technician
A.D. Flowers
Special Effects
Johnny Borgese
Special Effects
Gerald Endler
Special Effects
Greg C. Jensen
Special Effects
Glen Robinson
Special Effects
Robert W. King
Special Effects Assistant
L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects
Art Cruickshank
Visual Effects
Edward Hutton
Visual Effects
Howard Lydecker
Visual Effects

Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer, Music Arranger, Conductor, Orchestrator
Arthur Morton
Music Arranger, Orchestrator
Billy May
Music Arranger, Orchestrator
Robert Bain
Musician
Vince De Rosa
Musician
Bob DiVall
Musician
John Ellis
Musician
Dominick Fera
Musician
William Hinshaw
Musician
Artie Kane
Musician
Myra Kestenbaum
Musician
Raphael Kramer
Musician
Abe Luboff
Musician
Virginia Majewski
Musician
Peter Mercurio
Musician
Ted Nash
Musician
Joseph Reilich
Musician
Victor Sazer
Musician
Frederick Seykora
Musician
Sheridon Stokes
Musician
Milton Thomas
Musician
Ken Watson
Musician

Alexander Courage
Additional Music, Orchestrator
Leonard A. Engel
Supervising Music Editor
Kenneth Hall
Music Editor
Norman Rockett
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Carl Biddiscombe
Set Decoration
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Sterling Smith
Still Photographer

Douglas Kirkland
Still Photographer
Mal Bulloch
Still Photographer
Kuranosuke Isoda
Technical Advisor
Shizuo Takada
Technical Advisor
Tsuyoshi Saka
Technical Advisor
Kameo Sonokawa
Technical Advisor
Duane Toler
Script Supervisor

Nick Dimitri
Stunts

Charlie Picerni
Stunts
Phil Adams
Stunts

Jerry Brutsche
Stunts

Gary Combs
Stunts
Everett Creach
Stunts, Stunt Coordinator
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Stunts
Bennie E. Dobbins
Stunts
Chad Evans
Stunts
Joe Finnegan
Stunts

Ted Grossman
Stunts

John Hudkins
Stunts
J. David Jones
Stunts
William T. Lane
Stunts
Victor Paul
Stunts
George Sawaya
Stunts
Rock A. Walker
Stunts
Joe Yrigoyen
Stunts
Joseph Musso
Production Illustrator
William Huffman
Gaffer
William Eckhardt
Unit Production Manager
Masao Namikawa
Unit Production Manager
Stanley Goldsmith
Unit Production Manager
Jack Stubbs
Unit Production Manager

Richard D. Zanuck
Executive In Charge Of Production
Lou Dyer
Publicist
Richard Day
Art Direction

Yoshirō Muraki
Art Direction
Taizô Kawashima
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Rick Simpson
Leadman
Arthur Wildern
Other
Jack Canary
Other
E. P. Stafford
Other
George Watkins
Other
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