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  • Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Opened December 20, 2006 | Runtime:2 hr. 21 min.
  • R
    graphic war violence
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. Read More
  • Long-buried missives from the island reveal the stories of the Japanese troops who fought and died there during the World War II battle. Among them are Saigo, a baker; Baron Nishi, an Olympic champion; and idealistic soldier Shimizu. Though Lt. Gen. Read More
  • Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shidou Nakamura
  • Director: Clint Eastwood
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Art House/Foreign, Drama

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  • Ken Watanabe as General Kuribayashi in "Letters from Iwo Jima."
  • Kazunari Ninomiya as Saigo in "Letters from Iwo Jima."
  • Ken Watanabe and Hiroshi Watanabe in "Letters from Iwo Jima."
  • Kazunari Ninomiya as Saigo in "Letters from Iwo Jima."
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  • Ken Watanabe in "Letters from Iwo Jima."
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    Letters from Iwo Jima

    by cagalnva

    I thought that it was very interesting to see war from the other side. As the movie reflects that soilders are young and scared of the same thing "death" and not being able to return to their familys and the life that they lived.

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    Letters from Buffalo

    by maadler922

    Fascinating view from the other side. The build up from the beginning might seem like its dragging, but you need every second of it to get the full flavor of the entire picture. A must see. I look forward to viewing the American perspective in Flags of Our Fathers.

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    Necessary violence?

    by mugwump

    A very interesting perspective on the "other" side in World War II. Some of the characters are one-dimensional, but the whole effect is that war is contrary to humanity. Was certainly is violent, but I wonder whether the persistence and variety of modes of killing were necessary to make the point of the movie.

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    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    It takes a filmmaker possessed of a rare, almost alchemic, blend of maturity,...

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    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Eastwood's direction here is a thing of beauty, blending the ferocity of the...

  • 100
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    The view taken by Clint Eastwood, directing from Iris Yamashita's exemplary...

  • 100
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Letters From Iwo Jima, takes audiences to a place that would seem unimaginable...

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