Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Directed by

Clint Eastwood

Genre

drama film, war film, historical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 21m

Rated

R

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2,315 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima during World War II, showing their daily struggles and fears before and during the battle. It focuses on their personal letters home and their commander's efforts to defend the island.

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What happens

Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 American Japanese-language war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, 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 two films were shot back to back. Letters from Iwo Jima is almost entirely in Japanese with a few English sequences, despite being co-produced by American companies DreamWorks Pictures, Malpaso Productions and Amblin Entertainment. Letters from Iwo Jima was released in Japan on December 9, 2006, and received a limited release in the United States on December 20, by Warner Bros. Pictures, in order to be eligible for consideration for the 79th Academy Awards, for which it received four nominations, including Best Picture and winning Best Sound Editing. It was subsequently released in more areas of the United States on January 12, 2007, and was released in most states on January 19. An English-dubbed version of the film premiered on April 7, 2008. Upon release, Letters from Iwo Jima received critical acclaim and grossed $68.7 million at the box office from a $19 million production budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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