Movie
Letters from Iwo Jima
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2006-12-09
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Malpaso Productions, Amblin Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ken Watanabe as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
- Kazunari Ninomiya as Private Saigo
- Tsuyoshi Ihara as Colonel Baron Nishi
- Ryo Kase as Private Shimizu
- Shido Nakamura as Lieutenant Ito
- Hiroshi Watanabe as Lieutenant Fujita
- Takumi Bando as Captain Tanida
- Yuki Matsuzaki as Private Nozaki
- Takashi Yamaguchi as Kashiwara
- Eijiro Ozaki as Lieutenant Okubo
- Nae Yuuki as Hanako
- Nobumasa Sakagami as Admiral Ohsugi
Crew
- Clint Eastwood - Director
- Iris Yamashita - Screenplay
- Paul Haggis - Story
- Iris Yamashita - Story
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