This movie was released in 1970 and I have watched it a couple of times before this last week's viewing.  If you want to see an accurate account of what  lead up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, watch this movie, not Pearl Harbor.   Tora Tora Tora deals with the way the Japanese navy planned, practiced, and carried out the assault on Pearl Harbor, albeit the attack was against the Geneva Convention and killed a lot of people.  It shows how an over confident US military caused a series of oversights and errors that ultimately cost them dearly.   It is not Hollywood propaganda.    It's not about a fictitious arrogant and selfish American aviator who thinks mostly of himself although we are supposed to think he is patriotic to the core.  And by now I'm tired of scenes where pilots pull stunts reserved for air shows and get away with a mild scolding. The movie Pearl Harbor is a poor accounting of the events and isn't really about the attack at all.   Tora Tora Tora may be a little too documentary for some, but it tells the story as it is.  As you can see below Tora Tora Tora is a Japanese-American co-production, director Richard Fleischer and two Japanese directors that put together this ultra-realistic account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor as presented from the perspectives of both nations...   Steve Crum of the Kansas City Kansan puts it this way:  "Told from both sides, and certainly better than Pearl Harbor." So if you want a bad cheesy love story, go ahead take out Pearl Harbor.  If you want a good accounting of the events of this historic event, watch Tora Tora Tora.

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Storyline From Yahoo:  A Japanese-American co-production, director Richard Fleischer (SOYLENT GREEN) and two Japanese directors put together this ultrarealistic account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor as presented from the perspectives of both nations, as diplomatic tensions rise between the two countries. While the Japanese military plans its attack on American military installations, the American forces nearly stumble into a much greater calamity due to a series of errors and mistakes. As the two sides plunge closer to war, the tension escalates until the final, spectacular air raid, the most realistic ever filmed. This ITA award winner has a fabulous cast, including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, James Whitmore, and E.G. Marshall Ratings: Critics  Rotten Tomatoes Gives 71% Fresh       Users   B+