Japan Release: 1960
Running Time: 118 minutes

The Storm of the Pacific

Japanese Title

ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦太平洋の嵐
[Hawai Middouei Daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no Arashi]

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Titles
International Title The Storm of the Pacific	Initial US Title I Bombed Pearl Harbor US Distributor: Parade Releasing (1961) / Time: 98 minutes
Alternate Titles
Hawaii-Midway Battle of the Sea and Sky: Storm of the Pacific [Literal Translation]

Staff

Cast

Directed by Shue Matsubayashi
Writing credits Shinobu Hashimoto, Takeo Kunihiro
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Music by Ikuma Dan
Cinematography by Kazuo Yamada
Film Editing by Koichi Iwashita
Production Design by Takeo Kita, Kiyoshi Shimizu, Akira Watanabe
Assistant Director Koji Kajita, Yasuyoshi Tajitsu, Yasuyoshi Kazane
Director of Special Effects Eiji Tsuburaya
Assitant Director of Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano

Yamaguchi, Admiral Toshiro Mifune
Koji Kitami, Lieutenant Yosuke Natsuki
Matsuura, Lieutenant Makoto Sato
Keiko Misa Uehara
Tomonari Koji Tsuruta
Tosaku Takashi Shimura
Sato Aiko Mimasu
Captain Jun Tazaki
- Keiju Kobayashi
- Tatsuya Mihashi
- Hiroshi Koizumi
- Akira Takarada
- Seizaburo Kawazu
- Ken Uehara
- Susumu Fujita
- Kenichi Enomoto
- Akihiko Hirata
- Tadao Nakamaru
- Yoshio Tsuchiya
- Ko Mishima
- Hisaya Ito
- Hiroshi Tachikawa
- Yoshio Kosugi
- Sachio Sakai
- Ren Yamamoto
- Tetsu Nakamura
- Senkichi Omura
- Yutaka Sada
- Shin Otomo
- Fuyuki Murakami
- Yoshifumi Tajima
- Shunichi Segi
- Kendo Yashiki
- Jun Funato
- Yutaka Oka
- Nadao Kirino
- Akira Oka
- Koji Ishikawa
- Haruo Nakajima
- Hiroshi Sekita
- Daisuke Kato
- Ryo Ikebe
- Akira Kubo
- Takuzo Kumagaya
- Gentaro Nakajima
- Masaki Shinohara

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United States

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DVDs and Blu-rays

	Region 2 Storm of the Pacific Toho (2001)
	Region 2 Hawaii-Midway Battle of the Sea and Sky: Storm of the Pacific Toho (2007)

Background and Trivia

Toho submitted the film to the US copyright office on November 30th, 1987. The registration number was PA0000370376. The production was submitted with its international title of The Storm of the Pacific along with its shortened Romaji title, Taiheiyo no Arashi, and its US title, I Bombed Pearl Harbor.

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Jacob Dow August 13, 2026

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