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Tora Tora Tora

Tora! Tora! Tora! is a 1970 war film directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, and Kinji Fukasaku. The film is a dramatization of the preparations taken by the Japanese Imperial Navy as they planned their attack on Pearl Harbor, and the lack of preparations on behalf of the United States. Tora! Tora! Tora! presents the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 from two distinct perspectives, the Japanese and the United States.

The film begins by explaining what prompted the Japanese to begin preparing an attack on the United States, an embargo that prevented the United States from exporting raw materials to Japan and adversely affected the country. The film also illustrates that it was during this time that Japan began negotiations with Germany and subsequently signed the Tri-Partite Pact with Germany and Italy and formally became a member of the Axis Powers. Soon after, the Japanese begin to plan their attack on Pearl Harbor, quickly realizing that they will have to modify their torpedoes if they want to attack the United States with the missiles.

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While the Japanese are busy preparing an attack, the United States' failure to prepare for an imminent enemy attack is also seen. While American intelligence officers have successfully broken the Japanese's "Purple Code" and begin to intercept Japanese transmissions, they do not appear to be too worried about Japan's preparations, but slightly increase patrols on Pearl Harbor.

The Japanese in charge of strategizing and carrying out the attack on Pearl Harbor are Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda, played by Tatsuya Mihashi, and Mitsuo Fuchida, played by Takahiro Tamura. At the same time the Japanese are preparing to attack the United States, tensions continue to increase between the United States and Japan, especially as negotiations for peace begin to falter. The situation increasingly gets worse as the Japanese Ambassador to the United States fails to submit Japan's formal declaration of war; it is revealed at the end of the….....

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