Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

7.5/10 • 141 min • Action Drama War

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.

Cast

Ken Watanabe

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Kazunari Ninomiya

Private Saigo

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Colonel Baron Nishi

Ryo Kase

Private Shimizu

Shidou Nakamura

Lieutenant Ito

Hiroshi Watanabe

Lieutenant Fujita

Yuki Matsuzaki

Private Nozaki

Takashi Yamaguchi

Kashiwara

Eijiro Ozaki

Lieutenant Okubo

Nae Yuuki

Hanako

Luke Eberl

Sam

Sonny Saito

Medic Endo

Toshiya Agata

Captain Iwasaki

Toshi Toda

Colonel Adachi

Ken Kensei

Maj. General Hayashi

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