--- product_id: 63858214 title: "Tora! Tora! Tora! [1970] [DVD]" price: "£12.27" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63858214-tora-tora-tora-1970-dvd store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Tora! Tora! Tora! [1970] [DVD] **Price:** £12.27 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Tora! Tora! Tora! [1970] [DVD] - **How much does it cost?** £12.27 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63858214-tora-tora-tora-1970-dvd) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description 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. desertcart.co.uk Review 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, desertcart.com Review: Tora! Tora! Tora! - This is still one of the best and most impressive American war films ever made, presenting an honest, balanced and historically faithful depiction of the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the USA into the war. It fares quite well on today's large-size digital TV screens; I originally saw it in the cinema and – as you'd expect - it was pretty spectacular, with breathtaking flying sequences which still retain their thrill even on the reduced scale. A long film (cinemas had an intermission in the middle) it has quite a preamble before the real action starts; unusually for Hollywood it takes a rather documentary-styled approach which helps concentrate the storyline on what matters rather than some romantic interest or character development; indeed, at the time mainly less well-known actors were cast to retain an ensemble feel to the film and avoid any fixation on stars. It is also historically balanced, giving a lot of time to the Japanese side of the events; the evocative carrier take-off scenes at dawn are some of the most memorable and visually striking aerial footage outside of authentic wartime archives. A great deal of consideration was also given to the authenticity of the production with carefully modified aircraft and clever mock-ups standing in for the types used in the period. It certainly still outclasses Michael Bay`s behemoth “Pearl Harbor” (2001) which seems outrageously hokey next to this, despite all it`s CGI special effects. A very fine movie that has aged well and still engrosses as a viewing experience. The standard DVD release is as listed above in the product description and it delivered a sharp and satisfactory picture on my own TV. Review: A really superb history moive. - The movie is in two parts. The first part is a reprise of the build-up leading to the infamous day when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. This charts ambivalence and incompetence on the part of certain America middle order officers and top brass who short-changed their countrymen. The prequel to the Japanese invasion indicates how the Japanese were led by their army who must have held idiocy as part of the qualification for promotion. Imagine Japan in 1941 thinking that they could invade the USA. The logistics were gargantuan and thinking otherwise indicates that the Japanese high command were led by similar incompetence to that of Nazi Germany. The second part of the movie is all about the bombing, full of action and some impressive film footage that indicates the sheer terror of the attack. Considering when this movie was made the quality of the DVD was very good as was the acting from an ensemble cast consisting of the stars of the day both American and Japanese. I must admit that one has to admire how the USA pulled itself together after such an attack and organised their resources to counter the Japanese aggression. Thereafter the horror of the Pacific War ensued. The whole affair made me very unhappy thinking about the waste of so many decent people on all sides. I give the movie 5 out of 5 as it does not thump the chauvinist barrel, but reports the facts plain and simply in a manner which communicates a considerable amount of history in a single movie. Highly recommended to anyone wishing to gain more history about the origins of the American war with Japan and what bought them into WW2. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00005AA0M | | Actors | Balsam Martin | | Aspect Ratio | 16:9 - 2.35:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | 8,577 in Electronics & Photo ( See Top 100 in Electronics & Photo ) 7 in DVD-VCR Combinations | | Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (422) | | Is discontinued by manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 01017DVD | | Language | English, Japanese | | Media Format | PAL | | Number of discs | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 19 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm; 90 g | | Release date | 17 April 2019 | | Run time | 2 hours and 18 minutes | | Studio | Twentieth Century Fox | | Subtitles: | Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish | ## Product Details - **Contributor:** Balsam Martin - **Format:** PAL - **Genre:** Military & War - **Language:** English, Japanese - **Runtime:** 2 hours and 18 minutes ## Images ![Tora! Tora! Tora! [1970] [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1TuQ8lMyRL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tora! Tora! Tora! *by J***� on 6 November 2017* This is still one of the best and most impressive American war films ever made, presenting an honest, balanced and historically faithful depiction of the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the USA into the war. It fares quite well on today's large-size digital TV screens; I originally saw it in the cinema and – as you'd expect - it was pretty spectacular, with breathtaking flying sequences which still retain their thrill even on the reduced scale. A long film (cinemas had an intermission in the middle) it has quite a preamble before the real action starts; unusually for Hollywood it takes a rather documentary-styled approach which helps concentrate the storyline on what matters rather than some romantic interest or character development; indeed, at the time mainly less well-known actors were cast to retain an ensemble feel to the film and avoid any fixation on stars. It is also historically balanced, giving a lot of time to the Japanese side of the events; the evocative carrier take-off scenes at dawn are some of the most memorable and visually striking aerial footage outside of authentic wartime archives. A great deal of consideration was also given to the authenticity of the production with carefully modified aircraft and clever mock-ups standing in for the types used in the period. It certainly still outclasses Michael Bay`s behemoth “Pearl Harbor” (2001) which seems outrageously hokey next to this, despite all it`s CGI special effects. A very fine movie that has aged well and still engrosses as a viewing experience. The standard DVD release is as listed above in the product description and it delivered a sharp and satisfactory picture on my own TV. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A really superb history moive. *by L***- on 22 November 2013* The movie is in two parts. The first part is a reprise of the build-up leading to the infamous day when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. This charts ambivalence and incompetence on the part of certain America middle order officers and top brass who short-changed their countrymen. The prequel to the Japanese invasion indicates how the Japanese were led by their army who must have held idiocy as part of the qualification for promotion. Imagine Japan in 1941 thinking that they could invade the USA. The logistics were gargantuan and thinking otherwise indicates that the Japanese high command were led by similar incompetence to that of Nazi Germany. The second part of the movie is all about the bombing, full of action and some impressive film footage that indicates the sheer terror of the attack. Considering when this movie was made the quality of the DVD was very good as was the acting from an ensemble cast consisting of the stars of the day both American and Japanese. I must admit that one has to admire how the USA pulled itself together after such an attack and organised their resources to counter the Japanese aggression. Thereafter the horror of the Pacific War ensued. The whole affair made me very unhappy thinking about the waste of so many decent people on all sides. I give the movie 5 out of 5 as it does not thump the chauvinist barrel, but reports the facts plain and simply in a manner which communicates a considerable amount of history in a single movie. Highly recommended to anyone wishing to gain more history about the origins of the American war with Japan and what bought them into WW2. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Splendidly-produced war movie *by A***R on 15 March 2024* 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. ## Frequently Bought Together - Tora! Tora! Tora! 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