Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, believing that Japan's best hope of achieving control of the Pacific Ocean is to annihilate the fleet at the outset of hostilities. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto reluctantly orders the planning of a preemptive strike on the U. The newly appointed Commander- in- Chief of the Combined Fleet. Influential army figures and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and Italy in September 1. 9, a trade embargo imposed by the United States is depriving a belligerent Japan of raw materials. The title is the Japanese codeword used to indicate that complete surprise had been achieved. Marshall, James Whitmore and Jason Robards. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku and stars an ensemble cast, including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, S.
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