Tora! Tora! Tora!
Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, 1970
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Gordon W. Prange, 1981
Tora! Tora! Tora! is a movie directed by Richard Fleischer and Kinji Fukasaku in 1970 and based on the book At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordon W. Prange, first published in 1981. The movie features Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, and others.
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Storyline
In August 1939, the United States imposes a trade embargo on a belligerent Japan, severely limiting raw materials. Meanwhile, in Washington, U.S. military intelligence has broken the Japanese Purple Code, allowing them to intercept secret Japanese radio transmissions indicating increased Japanese naval activity.
Movie vs Book
Year
1970
Minutes
144
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Director: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Country: Japan
Year: 1970
Length: 2h24m
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Year
1981
Pages
873
Book Rate
8.38
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Book
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Author: Gordon W. Prange
Country: USA
First published in: 1981
Length: 873 pages
Genre: Non Fiction
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“There are things in the book you could never do in a movie.”
NOAH HATHAWAY (Actor)
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