DVD 140 mins IMDB 8.3

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Drama, War

Ken Watanabe	General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya	Saigo
Tsuyoshi Ihara	Baron Nishi
Ryo Kase	Shimizu
Shido Nakamura	Lieutenant Ito
Hiroshi Watanabe	Lieutenant Fujita
Takumi Bando	Captain Tanida
Yuki Matsuzaki	Nozaki
Takashi Yamaguchi	Kashiwara
Eijiro Ozaki	Lieutenant Okubo
Shidou Nakamura

Director	Clint Eastwood
Producer	Clint Eastwood; Paul Haggis; Steven Spielberg
Writer	Iris Yamashita

Letters from Iwo Jima tells the story about the American invasion of the Japanese island from a point of view of the Japanese soldiers and commanders. First, there's Saigo, a baker, who accepts reluctantly to go to war. Also General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) who has recently been given command of the defense force stated on Iwo Jima, and introduces some changes in the regular discipline of the Japanese Army. The mood of the troops is of constant expectation of an inevitable attack. When the attack finally starts we get to know the emotions which affect Saigo, General Kuriabayashi, and many more soldiers while ordered to defend the island giving their lives in the attempt.