“Tora, Tora, Tora” is a great movie. It tried to show the thinking on both sides leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It showed the code breakers working diligently to get that last bit of intel that could make the difference. I like that it had no computerized special effects.
I agree Tora Tora Tora is an excellent movie; I have watched it over a dozen times since 1970. I just finished a good account of Japan from 1936-1945, “The Rising Sun,” bu John Toland. He devotes about three chapters to the events surrounding Pearl Harbor including mistranslations of important diplomatic cables.
I loved both “Tora, Tora, Tora” And the more recent “Pearl Harbor” which shows actual original film shots throughout the movie ......
Although in ‘Pearl Harbor’ the actual attack is very violent and bloody...they had Veterans who were actually there view it first and all said that’s depicted just as it was like..