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Letters from Iwo Jima
Suitable for mature persons 15 years and over.
Blu-ray (2006)
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35.71% of people buy Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers ~ Blu-ray.
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Release date Australia
December 1st, 2008
Blu-ray Region
Region B
Stars
Length (Minutes)
129
Aspect Ratio
- 1.78 : 1
Languages
English, Japanese
Subtitles
Arabic, Dutch, English, English for the Hearing Impaired, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Portuguese
Supported Audio
- Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Director
Studio
Product ID
2694061
Description
From Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood ("Million Dollar Baby," "Unforgiven") comes the untold story of the Japanese soldiers and their General who defended against the invading American forces on the island of Iwo Jima.
In an effort to explore an event that continues to resonate with both cultures, Clint Eastwood was haunted by the sense that making only one film, Flags of Our Fathers, would be telling only half the story. With this unprecedented dual film project, shot back-to-back to be released in sequence, Eastwood seeks to reveal the battle of Iwo Jima - and, by implication, the war in the Pacific - as a clash not only of arms but of cultures.
Sixty-one years ago, US and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, several hundred letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them.
The Japanese soldiers are sent to Iwo Jima knowing that in all probability they will not come back. Among them are Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya), a baker who wants only to live to see the face of his newborn daughter; Baron Nishi (Tsuyoshi Ihara), an Olympic equestrian champion known around the world for his skill and his honor; Shimizu (Ryo Kase), a young former military policeman whose idealism has not yet been tested by war; and Lieutenant Ito (Shidou Nakamura), a strict military man who would rather accept suicide than surrender.
Special Features:
In an effort to explore an event that continues to resonate with both cultures, Clint Eastwood was haunted by the sense that making only one film, Flags of Our Fathers, would be telling only half the story. With this unprecedented dual film project, shot back-to-back to be released in sequence, Eastwood seeks to reveal the battle of Iwo Jima - and, by implication, the war in the Pacific - as a clash not only of arms but of cultures.
Sixty-one years ago, US and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, several hundred letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them.
The Japanese soldiers are sent to Iwo Jima knowing that in all probability they will not come back. Among them are Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya), a baker who wants only to live to see the face of his newborn daughter; Baron Nishi (Tsuyoshi Ihara), an Olympic equestrian champion known around the world for his skill and his honor; Shimizu (Ryo Kase), a young former military policeman whose idealism has not yet been tested by war; and Lieutenant Ito (Shidou Nakamura), a strict military man who would rather accept suicide than surrender.
Special Features:
- Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of Letters from Iwo Jima - Led by Clint Eastwood, take an inside look at the creation of the film with many of the key players involved who brought this epic film together
- Theatrical trailer
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"Historically based film at it's best"
The companion film to the excellent Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima lives up to it's pedigree. The writing and production effectively communicate the atmosphere of an impossible task given to a group of doomed men from a dying but defiant empire, and relate the restless churning of the hearts and minds of those there.
The film puts to rest the historical painting of the Japanese as stock villains, giving them a human face with complex degrees of virtue and vice. In fact the acting is so good that you will find yourself tempted to root for the other side! At the very least you'll be left with a deeper understanding of the other side of the story, the Japanese perspective on the war.
"Fantastic portrayal of the Japanese soldiers."
This brilliant film shows the battles of Iwo Jima through the eyes of the Japanese. I would not recommend it as a family film, but definitely one for the history books, a great buy for all who cherish history and accuracy
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