Have You ever seen a movie, more importantly a historical movie depicting two different countries at war without being bias to one side? Or a movie that was deemed historically accurate even though it was made in the 1970s? Good morning/afternoon Ms Coll and fellow classmates Today I will be talking about a movie called Tora Tora Tora. The movie Tora! Tora! Tora! Is a war movie recreated to be based on when the Japanese decided to attack an American naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii otherwise known to many as the attack of Pearl Harbour, or by its other name, the day of infamy. Despite this movie being made in the 1970s, it is one of the most historically accurate movies out there. Based on what happened at Pearl Harbour, this movie shows …show more content…
Tora! Tora! had a budget of $25 million and was first released in 1970, it was directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, and Kinji Fukasaku. The movie took around 4 years to produce since the movie had to be split into two where two teams filmed on the opposite side of the world to each other until the final scene. The movie has been praised to having one of the state of the art special effects for their time according to the Rookerville review. You probably haven't heard of it because it isn't as famous as Wikipedia. The movie has won many awards including two times USA academy awards and an top ten films award not to mention all the other times it had been nominated and has been depicted as the best pearl harbour movie ever. The producers strategically didn’t hire many famous actors who could potentially distract people from the main story such as Clint Eastwood. You probably don’t know him but anyone who were alive in the 1970s would know him as a very famous actor. Though, people such as Neville Brand starred in the movie to allow the story to be more accurate as he was a former soldier who fought in the war. Now, you must be wondering what Tora means since it is in the title three times. Well, Tora in hard Japanese means tiger but Tora was only a radio acronym which was short for totsugeki raigeki which literally meant lightning strike indicating that the goal of total surprise had been achieved. Now you might be thinking what the purpose for saying it three times then, it was probably done this way because the commanders had hearing problems or something I don’t know, it probably just sounded cool emphasising the
“Tora! Tora! Tora!” – These are the code words which were transmitted by Mitsuo Fuchida to the Japanese fleet signaling that the U.S. Pacific Fleet had been caught by surprise at Pearl Harbour. The attack, which occurred in the early morning of December 7th, 1941, resulted in the United States abandoning its policy of isolationism and entering the war. The U.S. officially declared a state of war between the Japanese Empire and the United States on December 8th, but for those who were at Pearl Harbour, like Thomas Mahoney, the war began on that morning at 8AM (Dunnahoo 5). Mahoney was born in New Jersey and enlisted at the age of 18 in 1940 to the United States Navy along with his brother, Harold. He was eventually stationed aboard the U.S.S. Curtiss at Pearl Harbour as an electrician’s mate when the surprise attack by the Japanese occurred, and went on to serve on board the U.S.S. O’Bannon, the most decorated U.S. Destroyer of World War Two, and where he would see most major actions in the Pacific Theatre including, but not limited to, the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and the Recapture of Corregidor.
First, Pearl Harbor is a day to remember for us as Americans today; but in the past, Americans used the remembrance of Pearl Harbor to pump them up and want to defeat the Japanese. The Americans wanted to defeat Japan, so badly since their attacks on Pearl Harbor occurred even before war was declared. “Pearl Harbor was a huge success for the Japanese, but the ‘sneak’ attack made Americans determined for revenge”(Granton). The attacks happened early in the
The Battle of Pearl Harbor was one of the most atrocious events that happened in U.S. history. On December 7, 1941, Japan made a surprise aerial attack on the United States naval base and airfields at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than two thousand Americans died and a thousand two hundred were wounded. Eighteen ships were badly damaged, including five battleships. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt with the support of the Congress, declared war on Japan.
Pearl Harbor focuses more about the loss of people and how the U.S. attempted to fight back during the attack. This specific documentary was factual with the specific clues to the attack. During the time, the commander was not positive if the new equipment and signals actually worked. Dramatic music is played throughout the documentary to give a feel of what happened that day. Soft music is played when it is a personal story. Loud and dramatic music is played during the reenactment of the bombing itself. The music creates the scenes to come to life, and make the viewer feel more attached to the movie; giving the sense that the person is actually there. The movie is called Pearl Harbor, but it has the lense of World War Two. Even though Pearl Harbor was the lead into WW2, the documentary leaned more towards telling the story of leading up to World War Two and parts or facts of the
“Saving Private Ryan” is set during World War II; however, it still greatly affects our current society through helping people understand how bad war really is.
Pearl harbor was an attack led by the Japanese kamikaze. This event took place in Honolulu, Hawaii at approximately 8:00 am. Secretary Frank Knox announced the attack on pearl harbor
December 7, 1941 On the Hawaiian Island of Oahu, Pearl Harbour was targeted by Japan; furthermore, causing distress throughout the country. Consequently, pandemonium was on the rise when Japan attacked the U.S Navy fleet, this sparked a racist outbreak against people of Japanese descent. In a comparable manner, the horror of witchcraft changed the outlook towards outcasts and certain other people in The Crucible. After the aggression on Pearl
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Most Americans remember one of the most known date of December 7, 1941 and the event that occurred on that day. Day of Infamy is a book written by Walter Lord, the book reconstructs that day from both sides and different perspectives of the aerial attack of Pearl Harbor. Lord, with many help of witnesses including generals, admirals, and families and men enlisted help piece together this story to be able and share with the world.
War has been present since the beginning of human history. Likewise, war movies have been present since the movie industry began. Just like most other genres of film, war films have been created as a form of entertainment to profit a person or organization. More people are willing to spend their money and time on a feeling of action, excitement, heroism, and patriotism than gruesome and horrid images of real and common human destruction. Propaganda has been used by governments for a very long time and when motion pictures came into existence, governments almost immediately saw the new medium as an opportunity to influence the public. Governments such as the United States of America, cooperate with the movie industry to use this influence to promote a positive perception about war in order to gain support for wars. The movie industry portrays war in an exciting, glorified, romanticized, and heroic light and often demonizes the enemies; this causes an unrealistic public perception of war which leads to greater positive public opinion and support of real wars.
The Tora! Tora! Tora! film had a brilliant ending with Yamamoto's famous quote: I fear that all we did "is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with terrible resolve is sowing the for certain
Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7th, 1941 at approximately 7:55 am by the Japanese. The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed President Roosevelt spoke the words, “ a date which will live in infamy” he was discussing the day that Pearl Harbor was bombed. Around the world during this time, people were taking in the impacts of WWll. Japan also allied with Italy and Germany, all three countries were greedy for expansion, but Japan wanted oil as well, and the American Naval fleet was in the way. Japan attacked Pearl harbor because they felt that the Americans were standing in the way of their treasures and world expansion.
The movie I chose to analyze for historical accuracy was War Horse. This movie was set in the First World War, starting in Britain but the story also explored France and Germany during this time period as well. Three scenes will be analyzed: the trench warfare scene between the British and the Germans, the scene where the British soldiers were gassed, and the scene where the British were getting patched up and nursed. War Horse does well to stick to the historical accuracy of what happened during the First World War due to the fact that the three scenes that I have chosen to analyze are not embellished and are close to what really happened.
Killing thousands and thousands of men, The attack went down in history as one of the most horrific events by man in history, and also the day America lost its innocence. These are a few of the many reasons why producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay decided to make a film about this terrible disaster. Though when deciding to make the film they wanted to insure that the film was historically balanced, encompassing not only the American. perspective, but the Japanese as well. To make sure they managed to fulfill this idea, they had many Japanese advisors on hand throughout. the whole duration of the film, giving their opinions on how to do it.