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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
And I feel just the opposite.
While I am a huge fan of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor who played Fuchida in Tora! Tora! Tora! wasn't six feet tall and actually looked like Fuchida. On the other hand the actor who played Admiral Kimmel looked a lot more like the real thing than Martin Balsam did.
That same complaint was made about Tora! Tora! Tora!. Some things just can't be helped.
I can't put up the comparable scene from Tora!, simply because there doesn't seem to be one on the internet anywhere. But trust me, you'll be amazed at how much the carrier launch scene was stolen and at how much better the original was, and still is.
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Good point on Fuchida, I was mainly focusing on my favourite character of the film (well, him and Kimmel) and that was Yamamoto, played by Mako.
I must confess though I haven't seen Tora! Tora! Tora! in years, so can't recall the acting of So Yamamura, but given that an effort was made to avoid using big movie stars to retain the focus on the story and the events of the film rather than the actors, I must applaud that.
I did find the comparable scene from Tora! Tora! Tora! (or I think I did) with some random music from Sarah Brightman....aha, here it is: