Letters from Iwo Jima (硫黄島からの手紙, Kara no Tegami Iōtō) is an Academy Award-and Golden Globe-winning American war film, starring Ken Watanabe. The film is about the battle of Iwo Jima, filmed from the Japanese perspective. The film was directed by Clint Eastwood, who also directed Flags of Our Fathers which about the same rate, but then from us perspective. The film is almost entirely Japanese spoken, but is produced entirely by Americans.
The film was premiered in Japan, on december 9, 2006. The United States later followed, in connection with the Academy Awards.
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The film is based on two books, namely Picture Letters from Commander in Chief General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and written by the book by Kumiko Kakehashi, So Sad To Fall In Battle: An Account of War. A number of things in the film are based on the actual battle and on the people who fought.
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The strategically located island of Iwo Jima is located between the American fleet and their home country Japan. It is very important for the Japanese that the island is not in American hands, there the Americans, because of the presence of multiple runways, the aircraft easier from there via Japanese mainland could take under fire.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi gets in charge of the troops on the island. He prepares the troops for an expected attack. It is not, however, the General made easy. His own officers are not fully agree with his unconventional strategies.
Saigo is one of the soldiers who admires the General. He is only sick of homesickness and the hopelessness of the war. The only thing he wants is to return to his wife and newborn daughter. However, his chances of survival are smaller every day. And with the u.s. invasion there break diseases from a view, see the Japanese gloomy in, knowing that they, given the numerical and technological supremacy of the Americans, the attack will not survive.
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| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Ken Watanabe | Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi |
| Kazunari Ninomiya | Soldier Saigo |
| Tsuyoshi Ihara | Lieutenant Colonel Takeichi Nishi |
| Ryo Kase | Soldier Shimizu |
| Shidou Nakamura | Lieutenant Ito |
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- Academy Awards — Best sound editing-Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
- Golden Globe Awards — Best foreign language film
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards — Best foreign language film
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best foreign language film
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards — Best foreign language film
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards — best film
- National Board of Review of Motion Pictures — best film
- Cinema for Peace Award 57th Berlin Film Festival
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- Academy Awards — Best film- Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, & Robert Lorenz
- Academy Awards — Best Director- Clint Eastwood
- Academy Awards — Best Original Screenplay- Iris Yamashita
- Golden Globe Awards — Best Director- Clint Eastwood
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards — Best Film
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards — Best Director- Clint Eastwood
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Film
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Director- Clint Eastwood
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Original Score
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Screenplay
- Motion Picture Sound Editors — Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film: Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement
- Motion Picture Sound Editors — Best Sound Editing in Sound Effects and Foley for a Feature Film