Torra, Tora Vs. Pearl Harbor
Lee Acker
Tora, Tora, Tora vs. Pearl Harbor Tora, Tora, Tora is a film from 1970 that retells the epic attack on Pearl Harbor. The title of the film is the Japanese codeword indicating that a complete surprise has been achieved. This film was a joint project between American and Japanese directors told from both points of view. The first part of the film details the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. A trade embargo set by the United States was imposed in August 1939, which deprived Japan of raw materials. Joining alliances with Germany and Italy, Japan started making preparations for war in September 1940. In Washington, the American military intelligence had broken the Japanese Purple Code enabling the Americans to intercept secret …show more content…
The bombing of Tokyo was a success but the Japanese Army pin down Rafe’s plane. Danny’s plane flies over and shoots the Japanese before crashing. Danny is shot during the attack and he tells Rafe to be the father to his child and then dies. When Rafe returns to the states, Evelyn sees him get off the aircraft carrying Danny’s coffin. Rafe and Evelyn marry and name her son, Danny in honor of his biological father. The film ends when Rafe, Evelyn and infant Danny visit Danny’s grave and Rafe asks the infant Danny if he would like to go flying and they fly away in the old plane from when he was a kid. Both films retell the events of December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attack the Americans at Pearl Harbor. Tora, Tora, Tora uses both the American and Japanese’s points of view in the film and also uses Japanese historical documents about WWII. It shows how each side bluffed, guessed and deceived each other where Pearl Harbor focuses more on the love story. While Pearl Harbor is a romantic war film based on the events of Pearl Harbor, Tora, Tora, Tora is a riveting historical depiction of the conflict that led America to join the
Tora, Tora, Tora vs. Pearl Harbor Tora, Tora, Tora is a film from 1970 that retells the epic attack on Pearl Harbor. The title of the film is the Japanese codeword indicating that a complete surprise has been achieved. This film was a joint project between American and Japanese directors told from both points of view. The first part of the film details the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. A trade embargo set by the United States was imposed in August 1939, which deprived Japan of raw materials. Joining alliances with Germany and Italy, Japan started making preparations for war in September 1940. In Washington, the American military intelligence had broken the Japanese Purple Code enabling the Americans to intercept secret …show more content…
The bombing of Tokyo was a success but the Japanese Army pin down Rafe’s plane. Danny’s plane flies over and shoots the Japanese before crashing. Danny is shot during the attack and he tells Rafe to be the father to his child and then dies. When Rafe returns to the states, Evelyn sees him get off the aircraft carrying Danny’s coffin. Rafe and Evelyn marry and name her son, Danny in honor of his biological father. The film ends when Rafe, Evelyn and infant Danny visit Danny’s grave and Rafe asks the infant Danny if he would like to go flying and they fly away in the old plane from when he was a kid. Both films retell the events of December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attack the Americans at Pearl Harbor. Tora, Tora, Tora uses both the American and Japanese’s points of view in the film and also uses Japanese historical documents about WWII. It shows how each side bluffed, guessed and deceived each other where Pearl Harbor focuses more on the love story. While Pearl Harbor is a romantic war film based on the events of Pearl Harbor, Tora, Tora, Tora is a riveting historical depiction of the conflict that led America to join the