tt0498380 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)Director : Clint Eastwood

Release Date : 12 January 2007 (USA)

Genre : Drama, History, War

Cast : : , Ken Watanabe as General Kuribayashi , Kazunari Ninomiya as Saigo , Tsuyoshi Ihara as Baron Nishi , Ryo Kase as Shimizu , Shido Nakamura as Lieutenant Ito (as Shidou Nakamura) , Hiroshi Watanabe as Lieutenant Fujita , Takumi Bando as Captain Tanida , Yuki Matsuzaki as Nozaki , Takashi Yamaguchi as Kashiwara , Eijiro Ozaki as Lieutenant Okubo , Nae as Hanako , Nobumasa Sakagami as Admiral Ohsugi , Luke Eberl as Sam (as Lucas Elliot) , Sonny Saito as Medic Endo (as Sonny Seiichi Saito) , Steve Santa Sekiyoshi as Kanda

Plot : The narrative of the struggle of Iwo Jima between the United States in addition to Imperial Japan at miscelanneous the podium in World War II, for advised enjoys the point of view of the Japanese who fought it.

Run Time : 141 min

Country : USA

MPAA : Rated R for graphic war violence.

Language : English | Japanese

Filming Locations : Iceland

Company : Amblin Entertainment

Trivia : Kazunari Ninomiya, who played Saigo, is a quarter of the Japanese pop boy-band Arashi.

Goofs : Anachronisms: The Japanese composition mechanisms a twosome of “gairago” (foreign loanwords), which are inside voltage use, except may tolerate been frowned upon by the nationalist government at the time. These comprises “raifuru” because “rifle” with “jiipu” because “jeep”.

Tag Lines : From the director of "Flags of our Fathers" comes the completion of the Iwo Jima saga
The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.
From Clint Eastwood, director of FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, the battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.
From the director of "Flags of our Fathers" comes the story of the battle for Iwo Jima told through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.

Plot Summary : The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American militia power furthermore the house islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is wanting to cut down it enjoys in the pipeline into American men furthermore presenting a launching lead since an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is offered dominate of the forces on the island furthermore classes out to fix since the on the way attack. General Kuribayashi, however, achieves not choose the hard traditional start advisable by his subordinates, furthermore resentment furthermore confrontation fester accompanied by his staff. In the minor echelons, a tender soldier, Saigo, a homeless baker inside civilian life, attempts in addition to his friends to carry on the uncompromising regime of the Japanese army itself, everything the sec knowing that a malicious war looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi furthermore Saigo think strength, honor, courage, furthermore horrors afar from imagination.

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