 | Martin Balsam
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet |
 | Sô Yamamura
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, |
 | Joseph Cotten
Secretary of War Henry Stimson |
 | Tatsuya Mihashi
Commander Minoru Genda |
 | E.G. Marshall
Lt. Colonel Rufus S. Bratton |
 | James Whitmore
Vice Admiral William F. Halsey |
 | Takahiro Tamura
Lt. Cmdr. Mitsuo Fuchida |
 | Eijirô Tôno
Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo
(as Eijiro Tono) |
 | Jason Robards
Lt. General Walter C. Short |
 | Wesley Addy
Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer |
 | Shôgo Shimada
Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura |
 | Frank Aletter
Lt. Commander Francis J. Thomas,
Acting CO, USS Nevada |
 | Koreya Senda
Prime Minister Prince Fumimaro Konoye |
 | Leon Ames
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox |
| Jun Usami
Admiral Zengo Yoshida |
 | Junya Usami
Admiral Zengo Yoshida,
Navy Minister |
 | Richard Anderson
Captain John B. Earle,
Chief of Staff, 14th Naval District |
 | Kazuo Kitamura
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka |
 | Keith Andes
Gen. George C. Marshall,
U.S. Army Chief of Staff |
| Susumu Fujita
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi |
 | Edward Andrews
Admiral Harold R. Stark,
Chief of Naval Operations |
| Bontaro Miyake
Admiral Koshiro Oikawa,
Minister of the Navy |
 | Neville Brand
Lt. Commander Harold Kaminski,
Duty Officer, 14th Naval District |
 | Leora Dana
Mrs. Kramer |
 | Asao Uchida
Gen. Hideki Tojo,
Minister of War |
 | George Macready
Cordell Hull,
Secretary of State |
 | Norman Alden
Major Truman H. Landon,
Commanding Officer, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron |
 | Kazuko Ichikawa
Geisha in Kagoshima |
 | Walter Brooke
Rear Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson,
Director of Naval Intelligence |
 | Hank Jones
Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane |
 | Rick Cooper
2nd Lieutenant George Welch |
 | Karl Lukas
Capt. Harold C. Train,
Chief of Staff, US Battle Force |
 | June Dayton
Miss Ray Cave |
 | Ron Masak
Lt. Lawrence E. Ruff,
Communication Officer, USS Nevada |
 | Jeff Donnell
Cornelia Clark Fort |
 | Shunichi Nakamura
Capt. Kameto 'Gandhi' Kuroshima |
 | Richard Erdman
Colonel Edward F. French |
| Bontarô Miake
Adm. Koshiro Oikawa (as Bontaro Miyake) |
 | Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Rear Admiral Chuichi Hara |
| Ichirô Ryûzaki
Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka (as Ichiro Reuzaki) |
 | Jerry Fogel
Lt. Commander William W. Outerbridge,
Commanding Officer, USS Ward |
 | Carl Reindel
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth M. Taylor |
 | Elven Havard
Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris 'Dorie' Miller |
 | Edmon Ryan
Rear Adm. Patrick N. L. Bellinger |
| Toshio Hosokawa
Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata (as Tosio Hosokawa) |
| Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara (as Kan Nihonyanagi) |
 | Hisao Toake
Saburo Kurusu - Japanese Ambassador to Germany |
 | Rosemary DeCamp
Grace Tully - Roosevelt's Secretary (scenes deleted) |
 | William Schallert
Harry Hopkins - Roosevelt's Aide (scenes deleted) |
| Tôru Abe
Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited) |
| Hiroshi Akutagawa
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (Japanese version only) (uncredited) |
 | Leon Alton
Official (uncredited) |
| Kiyoshi Atsumi
Cook #1 (Japanese version only) (uncredited) |
| Jack Berle
Official (uncredited) |
| Harold Conway
Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited) |
| Dick Cook
Capt. Logan C. Ramsey |
 | George DeNormand
Official (uncredited) |
 | Paul Frees
Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura |
 | Bobby Gilbert
Official (uncredited) |
| Andrew Hughes
Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan (uncredited) |
 | Lex Johnson
Army officer standing behind meeting table (uncredited) |
 | Joseph La Cava
Official (uncredited) |
| Eitarô Matsuyama
Cook #2 (Japanese version only) (uncredited) |
| Hideo Murota
Japanese Pilot (uncredited) |
 | Steve Pendleton
Destroyer Captain (uncredited) |
| Dan Savino
Sailor (uncredited) |
| Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Japanese Midget Submarine Crewman (uncredited) |
 | Arthur Tovey
Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited) |
| Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited) |
 | Jerry Cox
Lt. Kermit A. Tyler |
 | Mike Daneen
Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary |
 | Francis De Sales
Capt. Arthur H. McCollum - Wilkinson's Subordinate with Stark |
 | Dave Donnelly
Maj. Gordon A. Blake - Hickam Field Operations Officer |
 | James B. Douglas
French's Subordinate |
 | Bill Edwards
Col. Kendall J. Fielder - Short's Intelligence Officer |
 | Dick Fair
Lt. Col. Carrol A. Powell - Radar Officer #1 |
 | Jamie Farr
Multiple Characters (voice: English version) |
| Charles Gilbert
Lt. Col. William H. Murphy - Radar Officer #2 |
 | Hisashi Igawa
Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki - Fuchida's Pilot |
 | Robert Karnes
Maj. John H. Dillon - Knox's Aide |
 | Kenner G. Kemp
Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table |
 | Randall Duk Kim
Tadao - Japanese Messenger Boy |
 | Berry Kroeger
U.S. Army General |
 | Akira Kume
Katsuzo Okumura - Embassy Officer at Typewriter |
| Dan Leegant
George Street - RCA Honolulu District Manager (unconfirmed) |
 | Ken Lynch
Rear Adm. John H. Newton - USS Lexington |
| Mitch Mitchell
Col. Walter C. Phillips - Short's Chief of Staff |
 | Charlie Picerni
Burning Sailor |
 | Walter Reed
Vice Adm. William S. Pye |
 | John Henry Russell
Radio Operator with Kaminsky |
 | Robert Shayne
Cmdr. William H. Buracker - Halsey's Operations Officer |
 | Edward Sheehan
Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson - CO 14th Pursuit Wing |
 | Tommy Splittgerber
Ed Klein - Honolulu Telegraph Operator |
 | G.D. Spradlin
Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts - Kimmel's Communications Officer |
 | Larry Thor
Maj.; Gen. Frederick L. Martin |
 | George Tobias
Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field
(at least according to IMDb--this obviously is not him) |
 | Bob Turnbull
Desk Sergeant |
 | Harlan Warde
Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow |
 | Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew |
 | David Westberg
Ens. Edgar M. Fair - USS California |
 | Bruce Wilson
Pvt. Joseph Lockard - Opana Point |
 | Bill Zuckert
Adm. James O. Richardson |