Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) starring Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E. G. Marshall, James Whitmore. The events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 are told from both the American and Japanese points of view. Mistakes both large and small made by both sides are shown, and the tension builds very effectively. The attack itself is shown at length and with Oscar-winning special effects. This is a deeply affecting, very well made motion picture. (Subtitles in English are available, as well as closed captions.) Grade: A-