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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Director: Richard Fleischer
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From Time Out Film Guide
A prototype disaster movie, reconstructing the attack on Pearl Harbor, which cost somewhere in the region of 25 million dollars, making it one of the most expensive American films to date. A distinguished cast gets a bit lost in the welter of special effects; and with the sequences giving the Japanese viewpoint directed by Japanese film-makers (Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku), there's something of a soft shoe shuffle to avoid treading on national sensibilities. But the climax, in particular, manages to be more than just a shoot-out, with Fleischer's intelligent direction generating a real feeling of chaos and apocalypse.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Fleischer
Producer: Elmo Williams
Cast: Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, EG Marshall, James Whitmore, Neville Brand, George Macready full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 144 mins
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