Letters from Iwo Jima

Dec 9, 2006

2h 21m

★ 7.5

The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Drama

War

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

DreamWorks Pictures

Malpaso Productions

Amblin Entertainment

Letters from Iwo Jima Trailers

Cast

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Ken Watanabe

Private Saigo

Kazunari Ninomiya

Colonel Baron Nishi

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Private Shimizu

Ryo Kase

Lieutenant Ito

Shido Nakamura

Lieutenant Fujita

Hiroshi Watanabe

Captain Tanida

Takumi Bando

Private Nozaki

Yuki Matsuzaki

Kashiwara

Takashi Yamaguchi

Lieutenant Okubo

Eijiro Ozaki

Hanako

Nae Yuuki

Admiral Ohsugi

Nobumasa Sakagami

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