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In Japanese with English subtitles. also known as Storm Over the Pacific and Hawai Middowei Daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no Arashi. Widescreen. This is the full, original cut, with a running time of 1h 58m.
The attack on Pearl Harbor is presented from the Japanese point of view in this war drama. The story centers upon Natsuki, the flight navigator for Admiral Isoroku Yamaguchi (
Toshirô Mifune), the task force commander in charge of the fateful attack. After the bombing, Natsuki returns to Japan where his fiance waits. Though they are childhood sweethearts, he, fearing that marriage will affect his competence as an officer, refuses to marry her. The war continues, and Natsuki begins to wonder if the Japanese fleet is truly invincible after they suffer a series of crushing defeats...
