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Letters from Iwo Jima

  • 2006
  • 18A
  • 2h 21m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
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The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

  • Director
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writers
    • Iris Yamashita
    • Paul Haggis
    • Tadamichi Kuribayashi
  • Stars
    • Ken Watanabe
    • Kazunari Ninomiya
    • Tsuyoshi Ihara
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    167K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,941
    87
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Iris Yamashita
      • Paul Haggis
      • Tadamichi Kuribayashi
    • Stars
      • Ken Watanabe
      • Kazunari Ninomiya
      • Tsuyoshi Ihara
    • 368User reviews
    • 242Critic reviews
    • 89Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 25 wins & 39 nominations total

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    Letters From Iwo Jima Scene: Kuribayashi Sees Ship
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    Letters From Iwo Jima Scene: Saigo Talks To Wife And Baby
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    Letters From Iwo Jima Scene: Ito Wraps With Handgrenades
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    Letters From Iwo Jima Scene: Kuribayashi Saves Saigo
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    Letters From Iwo Jima Scene: Ito Confronts Baron Nishi
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    Letters From Iwo Jima Scene: Kuribayashi And Baron Nishi
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    Letters From Iwo Jima Scene: Kuribayashi Gives Speech
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    Letters From Iwo Jima Scene: Bombing
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    Kazunari Ninomiya and Nae in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Tsuyoshi Ihara in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Tsuyoshi Ihara and Ken Watanabe in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Ryo Kase in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Kazunari Ninomiya and Yuki Matsuzaki in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Kazunari Ninomiya and Ryo Kase in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Ken Watanabe in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Ken Watanabe in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Ken Watanabe in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
    Ken Watanabe in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

    Top cast

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    Ken Watanabe
    Ken Watanabe
    • General Kuribayashi
    Kazunari Ninomiya
    Kazunari Ninomiya
    • Saigo
    Tsuyoshi Ihara
    Tsuyoshi Ihara
    • Baron Nishi
    Ryo Kase
    Ryo Kase
    • Shimizu
    • (as Ryô Kase)
    Shidô Nakamura
    Shidô Nakamura
    • Lieutenant Ito
    • (as Shidou Nakamura)
    Hiroshi Watanabe
    Hiroshi Watanabe
    • Lieutenant Fujita
    Takumi Bando
    Takumi Bando
    • Captain Tanida
    Yuki Matsuzaki
    Yuki Matsuzaki
    • Nozaki
    Takashi Yamaguchi
    Takashi Yamaguchi
    • Kashiwara
    Eijiro Ozaki
    Eijiro Ozaki
    • Lieutenant Okubo
    Nae
    Nae
    • Hanako
    Nobumasa Sakagami
    • Admiral Ohsugi
    Lucas Elliot Eberl
    Lucas Elliot Eberl
    • Sam
    • (as Lucas Elliot)
    Sonny Saito
    Sonny Saito
    • Medic Endo
    • (as Sonny Seiichi Saito)
    Steve Santa Sekiyoshi
    • Kanda
    Hiro Abe
    • Lt. Colonel Oiso
    Toshiya Agata
    Toshiya Agata
    • Captain Iwasaki
    Yoshi Ishii
    • Private Yamazaki
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Iris Yamashita
      • Paul Haggis
      • Tadamichi Kuribayashi
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Most of the young cast knew nothing about the incidents on Iwo Jima, as it is not taught in Japanese schools.
    • Goofs
      The bottle of Johnnie Walker appears to have a screw cap made of aluminum. At that time liquor bottles had a cork stopper.
    • Quotes

      Baron Nishi: [reading the letter from the mother of Sam, the dead marine] Remember what I said to you: always do what's right because it is right.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Rocky Balboa/The Good German/Letters from Iwo Jima/The Pursuit of Happyness/Breaking and Entering/Home of the Brave (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      String Quartet No.6, Op. 1-6, Hob. III-6, Mov.2
      Composed by Joseph Haydn

      At a party where Ken Watanabe participated

    User reviews368

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    10/10
    Great movie!
    Don't listen to the people who call this movie inaccurate or revisionist history.

    The movie is accurate. There were people on both sides of the war who at times showed kindness.

    Labeling all the Japanese soldiers as people who tortured POWS would be like saying all American soldiers in Vietnam killed and rape innocent Vietnamese. Or all American soldiers in Cuba tortured POWS from the wars in the Middle East. You can't group people together like that.

    This movie shows better than any other film that there's really no good guys or bad guys when it comes to war. War is just pointless.

    The movie is not supposed to be a documentary so the people who bash it for little details should go rent a documentary if thats what they want to see.

    Also, Clint Eastwood deserves major credit for telling both sides of the war. Too many war movies always show the enemy as "heartless monsters" when it reality its never like that.

    This is without a doubt the best movie of the year. Make sure you go see it.
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    • Jan 12, 2007

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 2007 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Warner Bros (Germany)
      • Warner Bros (United States)
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lettres d'Iwo Jima
    • Filming locations
      • Iwo Jima, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • Warner Bros.
      • Malpaso Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $19,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $13,756,082
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $89,097
      • Dec 24, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $68,673,228
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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