Everyone stands around talking about how much they miss Tora-san, cueing the producers to roll tape on great scenes from a lifetime ago, when he did something that delighted audiences at the time ...

Tora! Tora! dramatises the 1941 Japanese attack ... all while a large number of extras could be seen desperately fleeing the scene. Hint: those extras aren't acting - they're generally booking ...

Fukasaku was drafted to direct the Japanese scenes in “Tora! Tora! Tora!” when Akira Kurosawa backed out. Although the movie won an Oscar for best visual effects in 1971, Fukasaku was dismayed ...

During the surprise strike, the phrase 'tora tora' was used a number of times. 'Tora tora' is a code with a couple of different meanings in the Japanese language. 'Tora tora' was a Japanese coded ...

Tora! as the Pearl Harbor equivalent of D-Day epic The Longest Day, which he also produced. It was decided to make the film a co-production between the US and Japan.

Over 100 volunteers bring the living history museum of TORA TORA TORA to life in a breathtaking reenactment of the Pearl Harbor attack. Using replica Zeros, Kates, and Vals, (fighter, torpedo and ...

In a scene lifted from archive footage, the same actor appears as a young boy distressed by uncle Tora-san’s threat to cheer rowdily for him at a ball game — how cute is that? Mitsuo’s love ...