Letters From Iwo Jima

original title:
Letters From Iwo Jima
other titles:
Red Sun, Black Sand
country / year of production:
USA / 2006 (x)
original length:
141 min. , color
premiere:
J: 15 November 2006, Budokan
genre:
docu dram
based on:
Tadamichi Kuribayashi/ Tsuyoko Yoshido (Ed.). Picture Letters from Commander in Chief. Tokio: Shogakukan, 2002.
director:
Clint Eastwood
film script:
Iris Yamashita , Paul Haggis
producer:
cinematographer:
Tom Stern
editor:
composer:
Kyle Eastwood
cast (role):
Ken Wantabe (General Tadamichi Kuribayashi) , Kazunari Ninomiya (Saigo) , Ken Wantabe , Kazunari Ninomiya
more:
plot synopsis:
keywords:
invasion , island , siege , authenticity
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Hal Buell. Uncommon valor, common virtue. Iwo Jima and the photograph that captured America. New York: Berkley, 2006.

Walt Sandberg. The Battle of Iwo Jima. A resource bibliography and documentary anthology. Jefferson: McFarland, 2005.

Lisa Schwarzbaum. "Eastwood Looks East". In: Entertainment Weekly, 22 December 2006, 59.
remarks:
Won the Golden Globe in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" and one Oscar in 2007.

Homepage: http://iwojimathemovie.warnerbros.com/lettersofiwojima/framework/framework.html

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadamichi_Kuribayashi

Was filmed at original settings.

Pendant to "Flags of Our Fathers", this time shown from japanese point of view.
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