Letters from Iwo Jima

20062006
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2h 21min

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(screenplay)
- Paul Haggis(story)
- Tadamichi Kuribayashi(book "Picture Letters from Commander in Chief")
Stars

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Won 1 Oscar
- 24 wins & 39 nominations total

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

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)

Ryô Kase in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Kazunari Ninomiya and Yuki Matsuzaki in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Kazunari Ninomiya and Ryô 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)

Director
- Clint Eastwood
Writers
- Iris Yamashita(screenplay) (story)
- Paul Haggis(story)
- Tadamichi Kuribayashi(book "Picture Letters from Commander in Chief")
All cast & crew
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The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester amongst his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya), a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese Army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination. —Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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Taglines
- The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for graphic war violence
Parents guide

Trivia
Shot back-to-back with Flags of Our Fathers (2006).

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 At the Movies: The Best Films of 2006 (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

Top review

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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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

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Runtime
- 2h 21min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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