From the director of "Flags of our Fathers" comes the completion of the Iwo Jima saga
Plot Summary
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.
Run Time
141 min
Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Rating Details
Rated R for graphic war violence.
Genre
Drama, History, War
Language
English, Japanese
Keyword
Island, Japan, Iwo Jima, Invasion, Japanese Army
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital
Colour
Color
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
War Drama, Combat Films, Anti-War Film
Themes
Great Battles, Heroic Mission, Trapped or Confined
Letters from Iwo JimaIojima Kara no Tegami) is a 2006 war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, and starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the American viewpoint. The film is almost entirely in Japanese, but was produced by American companies Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Malpaso Productions, and Amblin Entertainment. After the box office failure of Flags of Our Fathers, DreamWorks sold the United States distribution rights to Warner Brothers, who had the international rights. Letters from Iwo Jima was released in Japan on December 9, 2006 and received a limited release in the United States on December 20, 2006 in order to compete for the 79th Academy Awards. It was subsequently released in more areas of the U.S. on January 12, 2007, and was released in most states on January 19. An English-dubbed version of the film was premiered on April 7, 2008. Upon release, the film garnered considerable acclaim and did much better at the box office than it's companion. Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima were shot back to back.
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