Letters from Iwo Jima

Resource Information

The work Letters from Iwo Jima represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Spokane Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Letters from Iwo Jima

Statement of responsibility

Amblin Entertainment ; DreamWorks SKG ; Malpaso Productions ; Warner Bros. Pictures ; produced by Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg ; story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis ; screenplay by Iris Yamashita ; directed by Clint Eastwood

Contributor

• Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
• Yoshido, Tsuyoko
• Ninomiya, Kazunari
• Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, 1890 or 1891-1945
• Ihara, Tsuyoshi
• Watanabe, Ken, 1959-
• Eastwood, Clint, 1930-
• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Foreign language films
• Historical films
• Film adaptations
• War films
• Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) -- Drama
• Japan, Rikugun -- Military life -- Drama
• Letter writing, Japanese -- Drama
• Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 -- Drama

Genre

• Film adaptations
• War films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Historical films

Language

• jpn
• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• jpn

Summary

Sixty-one years ago, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of 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. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat

Awards note

• Academy Awards, USA, 2007: Oscar - Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman).
• Golden Globes, USA, 2007: Golden Globe - Best Foreign language Film.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editors, Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach ; music, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens ; costume designer, Deborah Hopper ; production designers, Henry Bumstead, James J. Murakami

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for graphic war violence

Language note

Japanese and English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki

Runtime

140

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action