The term 'Tora' when said three times is a reference to the 1970 war film 'Tora! Tora! Tora!'. The movie is a dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the subsequent events leading up to the United States' entry into World War II. It was directed by Richard Fleischer and stars Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, and Sō Yamamura. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and won two.