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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) -- 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.
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) -- 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.
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) -- 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.
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) -- 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.
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) -- 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.
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Director:
Clint Eastwood
Writers (WGA):
Iris Yamashita (screenplay)
Iris Yamashita (story) ...
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Release Date:
12 January 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History | War more
Tagline:
From the director of "Flags of our Fathers" comes the completion of the Iwo Jima saga more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 16 wins & 15 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(108 articles)
Invictus | Film review
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 6 February 2010, 4:07 PM, PST)
Oscar nominations spread among release calendar
 (From Gold Derby. 2 February 2010, 3:14 PM, PST)
User Reviews:
Very Personal more (264 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sun. Feb. 219:00 AMAMC   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ken Watanabe ... General Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya ... Saigo
Tsuyoshi Ihara ... Baron Nishi
Ryo Kase ... Shimizu
Shido Nakamura ... Lieutenant Ito (as Shidou Nakamura)
Hiroshi Watanabe ... Lieutenant Fujita

Takumi Bando ... Captain Tanida

Yuki Matsuzaki ... Nozaki

Takashi Yamaguchi ... Kashiwara

Eijiro Ozaki ... Lieutenant Okubo

Nae ... Hanako

Nobumasa Sakagami ... Admiral Ohsugi

Luke Eberl ... Sam (as Lucas Elliot)

Sonny Saito ... Medic Endo (as Sonny Seiichi Saito)
Steve Santa Sekiyoshi ... Kanda
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Red Sun, Black Sand (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic war violence.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
141 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) (original rating) | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | Norway:15 | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:14 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Australia:MA | USA:R (certificate #43136) | Argentina:16 | Sweden:15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | Spain:13 | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:18SG (DVD) | Peru:14 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Denmark:15 | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16 | France:U (with warning)
Filming Locations:
Iceland more
Company:
Amblin Entertainment more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Originally titled "Red Sun, Black Sand". more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The artillery shell landing near Saigo when he empties the stinky bucket does not exhibit rifling marks on its driving band. Any shell fired through a rifled barrel would show these, therefore this projectile had never been fired from a gun. more
Quotes:
Saigo: He studied the Americans. So he knows how to beat them. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-06-11)" (2008) more

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Was "Letters from Iwo Jima" actually filmed on Iwo Jima?
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293 out of 326 people found the following review useful.
Very Personal, 20 December 2006
9/10
Author: Dean Ying from United States

Did it really last two and a half hours? It felt felt a lot shorter than that.

No, this is not an action war film with nonstop blood baths. It is a film that pulls the humanity out of the monster that is war.

This is one of, if not the best, movie ever directed by Clint Eastwood. I usually have a hard time following plots with many characters because they make me lose focus on the general story, but this one is done well. Not only am I engaged, I also become attached to every character and feel and understand their conflicts.

It does not matter who fights on the right or wrong side of WWII. This film goes beyond that. It is about what is right or wrong for the individual human being. It excels as a story about the human heart.

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