Letters From Iwo Jima


This is the companion film to Eastwood's ''Flags of our Fathers'', and tells the story of the battle for Iwo Jima island from the Japanese perspective. We follow a diverse group of Japanese soldiers, with different opinions about the coming invasion, as they prepare for the American landing. During the process, the men write letters to their families back home (which were never delivered), and these thoughts provided the insights for the film. Reviews have been mixed, gaining high praise from some and less from others.

138 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence).
Drama, War.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

War is hell.
War is hell.

Credits

Cast
Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi IHara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumo Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki
Director
Clint Eastwood
ScreenplayIris Yamashita, Paul Haggis, from the book by Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Tsuyoko Yoshido
MusicKyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
CinematographyTom Stern
EditingJoel Cox, Gary Roach
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in2006
Produced byAmblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

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Trailer: Medium

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreWar / drama
LanguageNone
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceFrequent in context of war
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsNone
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
1
Violence
5
Blood / Gore / Gross
5
Guns / Weapons
5
Profanity
2
Alcohol / Drugs
2
Smoking
2
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
1
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
1
Tense Family Scenes
2
Music (Scary/Tense)
3
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Yazeed Kamaldien
10
Die Burger
Jeanne Hugo
15
Cape Times
Kenneth Turan
15
The Citizen
Cathryn Pearman-Owens
16
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
15
Box Office
Ray Greene
8
eye Weekly
Jason Anderson
10
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
15
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
18
ScreenIt
14

What the People say

Internet
3317 Netizens
17

Average .. 70%

14




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