Eagle of the Pacific (太平洋の鷲, Taiheiyo no washi), also known as Operation Kamikaze,[2] is a 1953 Japanese epic war film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.

The film dramatizes the start of Japan's military action in World War II, with an emphasis on the role of Isoroku Yamamoto.

[8] Stock footage was utilized extensively in Eagle of the Pacific; some sources claim that producer Sojiro Motoki secured approval for the film by offering to reuse action sequences from The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya.

Thus, special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya's return to Toho was not a lavish affair.

Many newspaper critics weren't fooled by Toho's trick photography, citing stock footage as evidence.