Tora! Tora! Tora!
A determined U.S. admiral and his Japanese counterpart race against time to avert war, but miscommunication and mounting political pressure drive both nations toward the fateful surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
“The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor.”
Synopsis
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan appeared poised for conflict after a series of embargoes and unsuccessful diplomatic efforts failed to resolve tensions. The film *Tora! Tora! Tora!*—titled after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to signal that they had surprised the Americans—depicts the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event that brought America into the Second World War.
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How many hands made this film
The scale of the collaboration
A crew of 117+ credited
Why a floor?
This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.
Craft leads on file
Edited by Pembroke J HerringScored by Jerry Goldsmith
Box Office
1970 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.5× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$37.1M
Also known as
- Tora! Tora! Tora!de
- Tora ! Tora ! Tora !fr
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Cast & Crew
117 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Martin Balsam
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
So Yamamura
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Jason Robards
as General Walter C. Short
Joseph Cotten
as Henry L. Stimson
Tatsuya Mihashi
as Commander Minoru Genda
E G Marshall
as Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
Takahiro Tamura
as Lt. Commander Fuchida
James Whitmore
as Admiral William F. Halsey
Eijiro Tono
as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Wesley Addy
as Lt. Commander Alvin D. Kramer
Shogo Shimada
as Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura
Frank Aletter
as Lt. Commander Thomas
Supporting cast
92Koreya Senda
as Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Leon Ames
as Frank Knox
Jun Usami
as Admiral Zengo Yoshida
Richard Anderson
as Captain John B. Earle
Kazuo Kitamura
as Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
Keith Andes
as General George C. Marshall
Edward Andrews
as Admiral Harold R. Stark
Neville Brand
as Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky
Leora Dana
as Mrs. Kramer
Asao Uchida
as General Hideki Tojo
George Macready
as Cordell Hull
Norman Alden
as Major Truman Landon
Walter Brooke
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Rick Cooper
as Lieutenant George Welch
Elven Havard
as Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller
June Dayton
as Miss Ray Cave
Jeff Donnell
as Cornelia
Richard Erdman
as Colonel Edward F. French
Jerry Fogel
as Lt. Commander William Outerbridge
Shunichi Nakamura
as Kameto Kurojima
Carl Reindel
as Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor
Edmon Ryan
as Rear Admiral Bellinger
Hisao Toake
as Saburo Kurusu
Susumu Fujita
as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
Bontaro Miake
as Adm. Koshiro Oikawa
Ichiro Ryuzaki
as Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka
Kazuko Ichikawa
as Geisha in Kagoshima
Hank Jones
as Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane
Karl Lukas
as Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California
Ron Masak
as Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada
Hiroshi Nihon Yanagi
as Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara
Toshio Hosokawa
as Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata
Toru Abe
as Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)
Hiroshi Akutagawa
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (uncredited)
Leon Alton
as Official (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Cook #1 (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
as Official (uncredited)
Harold Conway
as Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited)
Francis De Sales
as Capt. Arthur H. McCollum (uncredited)
George Denormand
as Official (uncredited)
Glenn Dixon
as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)
Dave Donnelly
as Maj. Gordon A. Blake (uncredited)
James B Douglas
as French's Subordinate (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
as Col. Kendall J. Fielder (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
as Official (uncredited)
Charles Gilbert
as Lt. Col. William H. Murphy (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
as Admiral (uncredited)
Ed Haskett
as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)
Ryoji Hayama
as Admiral (uncredited)
Andrew Hughes
as Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan (uncredited)
Hisashi Igawa
as Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited)
Alex Johnson
as Army Officer (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
as Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)
Kenner G Kemp
as Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table (uncredited)
Berry Kroeger
as U.S. Army General (uncredited)
Akira Kume
as Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
as Official (uncredited)
Ken Lynch
as Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)
Eitaro Matsuyama
as Cook #2 (uncredited)
Mitch Mitchell
as Col. Walter C. Phillips (uncredited)
Hideo Murota
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Jiro Okazaki
as Pilot (uncredited)
John Pedrini
as Official (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
as Destroyer Captain (uncredited)
Charlie Picerni
as Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Joe Pine
as Official (uncredited)
Walter Reed
as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
Robert Shayne
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Edward Sheehan
as Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson (uncredited)
Tommy Splittgerber
as Ed Klein (uncredited)
G D Spradlin
as Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts (uncredited)
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
as Japanese Midget Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
Larry Thor
as Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin (uncredited)
George Tobias
as Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)
Bob Turnbull
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
as Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (uncredited)
Meredith Tex Weatherby
as Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited)
David Westberg
as Ens. Edgar M. Fair (uncredited)
Bruce Wilson
as Pvt. Joseph Lockard (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
as Adm. James O. Richardson (uncredited)
Mike Daneen
as Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary (uncredited)
Ken Clayton
as Official (uncredited)
Bennie E Dobbins
as Falling Sailor / Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Lou Dyer
as U.S. Navy Captain (uncredited)
Nelson Fair
as Lt. Col. Carrol A. Powell - Radar Officer #1 (uncredited)
Jamie Farr
as Multiple Characters (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan
as Falling Sailor (uncredited)
Randall Duk Kim
as Tadao - Japanese Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Dan Leegant
as George Street - RCA Honolulu District Manager (uncredited)
Victor Paul
as Burning Sailor (uncredited)
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