Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) USA
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Director:Eastwood, Clint, Ihara, Tsuyoshi, Kase, Ryo, Nakamura, Shido, Ninomiya, Kazunari, Watanabe, Ken
Studio:DreamWorks SKG
Producer:Clint Eastwood, Paul Haggis, Robert Lorenz, Tim Moore
Writer:Iris Yamashita, Iris Yamashita
Rating:8.0 (84,498 votes)
Rated:R
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:085391112921
UPC:7321900112888
Price:$19.98
Awards:Won Oscar, Another 22 wins & 17 nominations
Genre:English films
Release:2007-05-01
IMDb:0498380
Duration:2:20:00
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:DTS
Languages:Japanese, English
Subtitles:English
Features:"Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of Letters from Iwo Jima": Led by Clint Eastwood, take an inside look at the creation of the film with many of the key players involved who brought this epic film together
Images from the Frontlines: The Photography of Letters from Iwo Jima
November 2006 press conference
LAC code:300006874
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Eastwood, Clint, Ihara, Tsuyoshi, Kase, Ryo, Nakamura, Shido, Ninomiya, Kazunari, Watanabe, Ken  ...  (Director)
Iris Yamashita, Iris Yamashita  ...  (Writer)
 
Ken Watanabe  ...  General Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya  ...  Saigo
Tsuyoshi Ihara  ...  Baron Nishi
Ryo Kase  ...  Shimizu
Shidô Nakamura  ...  Lieutenant Ito
Hiroshi Watanabe  ...  Lieutenant Fujita
Takumi Bando  ...  Captain Tanida
Yuki Matsuzaki  ...  Nozaki
Takashi Yamaguchi  ...  Kashiwara
Eijiro Ozaki  ...  Lieutenant Okubo
Nae  ...  Hanako
Nobumasa Sakagami  ...  Admiral Ohsugi
Luke Eberl  ...  Sam
Sonny Saito  ...  Medic Endo
Steve Santa Sekiyoshi  ...  Kanda
Shidou Nakamura  ...  Lieutenant Ito
Shido Nakamura  ...  Lieutenant Ito
Nae Yuuki  ...  
Lucas Elliott  ...  
Sonny Seiichi Saito  ...  Medic Endo
Kyle Eastwood  ...  Composer
Hiro Abe  ...  Lt. Colonel Oiso
Michael Stevens  ...  Composer
Toshiya Agata  ...  Captain Iwasaki
Tom Stern  ...  Cinematographer
Yoshi Ishii  ...  Private Yamazaki
Joel Cox  ...  Editor
Toshi Toda  ...  Colonel Adachi
Gary Roach  ...  Editor
Ken Kensei  ...  Maj. General Hayashi
Henry Bumstead  ...  Production Designer
Ikuma Ando  ...  Ozawa
James J. Murakami  ...  Production Designer
Akiko Shima  ...  Lead Woman
Yoshi Ando  ...  Excavator #1
Masashi Nagadoi  ...  Admiral Ichimaru
Mark Moses  ...  American Officer
Roxanne Hart  ...  Officer's Wife
Yoshio Iizuka  ...  Tired Soldier
Mitsu  ...  Suicide Soldier (as Mitsu Kurokawa)
Takuji Kuramoto  ...  Ono
Koji Wada  ...  Hashimoto
Yoshi Tomo Kaneda  ...  Japanese Soldier #1 (as Akira Kaneda)
Shoji Hattori  ...  Japanese Soldier #2
Mark Tadashi Takahashi  ...  Japanese Soldier #3
Mitsuyuki Oishi  ...  Japanese Soldier #4
Evan Ellingson  ...  Kid Marine
Kazuyuki Morosawa  ...  Ito's Guard
Masayuki Yonezawa  ...  Ito's Soldier
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka  ...  Hopeless Soldier
Mathew Botuchis  ...  American Marine
Yukari Black  ...  Mother
Daisuke Nagashima  ...  Prisoner
Kirk Enochs  ...  Marine officer
Ryan Kelley  ...  Marine #2
Jonathan Oliver Sessler  ...  Marine #3
Michael Lawson  ...  Marine #4
Taishi Mizuno  ...  Cave Soldier #1
Daisuke Tsuji  ...  Cave Soldier #2
Yutaka Takeuchi  ...  Excavator #2
Tsuguo Mizuno  ...  Lead Excavator
Mark Ofuji  ...  Kuribayashi's Guard
Hallock Beals  ...  Marine at Clearing
Ryan Carnes  ...  Marine at Clearing
Jeremy Glazer  ...  Marine Lieutenant
Ryoya Katsuyama  ...  Boy
Masashi Odate  ...  Cook
London Kim  ...  Okubo's Soldier
Dick 'Skip' Evans  ...  Pilot (as Skip Evans)
Wanliss E. Armstrong  ...  Pilot
Phyllis Huffman  ...  Casting Director
Gary Fettis  ...  Set Decorator
Deborah Hopper  ...  Custome Designer
Tim Moore  ...  Unit Production Manager
Katie Carroll  ...  second assistant director
Peter Dress  ...  second second assistant director
Donald Murphy  ...  first assistant director
Michael Owens  ...  second unit director
Kent Tsurumaru  ...  additional second second assistant director
Scott M. Anderson  ...  assistant property master
Kai Blomberg  ...  set dresser
Jaime Castaneda  ...  greens
Jaime Castellanos  ...  greens gang boss
James 'JD' Deal  ...  greensman
Elixandro Diaz Jr.  ...  plaster supervisor
James Fernandez  ...  on-set dresser
Sara Gardner-Gail  ...  set decoration buyer
Adrian Gorton  ...  Set Designer
Stephen Hanks  ...  greens
Steven Hanks  ...  greens gang boss
John Horning  ...  assistant property master
David Ladish  ...  set dresser
Steven Ladish  ...  set dresser
Christopher Morente  ...  greens foreman
Michael Muscarella  ...  construction coordinator
Roger Prater  ...  stand-by greens
Edward J. Protiva  ...  construction
Michael Sexton  ...  property master
Robert Silcock  ...  gang boss
Brett C. Smith  ...  lead man
Karl J. Weschta  ...  assistant property master
Will Ziegenhorn  ...  art department production assistant
David A. Arnold  ...  supervising dialogue editor (as Dave Arnold)
Bub Asman  ...  co-supervising sound editor
David E. Campbell  ...  sound re-recording mixer (as Dave Campbell)
William Cawley  ...  first assistant sound editor (as Bill Cawley)
Vincent Cirilli  ...  ProTools engineer
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith  ...  dialogue editor
Gloria D'Alessandro  ...  dialogue editor
Flash Deros  ...  Boom Operator
Michael Dressel  ...  supervising foley editor
Juno J. Ellis  ...  adr supervisor
Robert Fernandez  ...  score mixer
Christopher Flick  ...  foley editor
Dick Hansen  ...  utility sound
Robin Harlan  ...  foley artist
Jason W. Jennings  ...  Sound Effects Editor
Jason King  ...  Sound Effects Editor
Nicholas Vincent Korda  ...  adr editor
Steve Mann  ...  Sound Effects Editor
Walt Martin  ...  Sound mixer
Charles Maynes  ...  Sound Designer
Sarah Monat  ...  foley artist
Ryan Murphy  ...  sound mix technician
Alan Robert Murray  ...  Supervising Sound Editor
Kevin Murray  ...  assistant sound editor
Rupert Nadeau  ...  assistant adr editor
Thomas J. O'Connell  ...  adr mixer
John T. Reitz  ...  sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Gregg Rudloff  ...  Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Singer  ...  foley mixer
Karen Spangenberg  ...  dialogue editor
Shawn Sykora  ...  foley editor
David Wolowic  ...  assistant sound editor
John J. Downey  ...  special effects technician
Mike Edmonson  ...  special effects set coordinator
Jason Hansen  ...  special effects technician
Brian Hillard  ...  special effects makeup: Tinsley Transfers
Steve King  ...  special effects technician
Steven D. Kline  ...  special effects technician
James Lacroix  ...  special effects technician
James Lorimer  ...  special effects technician
Nick Papac  ...  special effects technician
David A. Poole  ...  special effects technician
Shari Ann Riley  ...  special effects technician
Steve Riley  ...  special effects supervisor
Dominic V. Ruiz  ...  special effects technician
Austen Armus  ...  render coordinator
Tohda Asuka  ...  CG lighting artist: Digital Domain (as Asuka Tohda)
Geoffrey E. Baumann  ...  on-set survey and integration lead: Digital Domain (as Geoffrey Baumann)
Eric M. Beaver  ...  digital compositor (as Eric Beaver)
Joel Behrens  ...  compositor: Digital Domain
Niki Bern  ...  compositor
Frank Bonniwell  ...  animator
Andrew Bradbury  ...  CG lighting artist: Digital Domain
Matthew E. Butler  ...  visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Howard Cabalfin  ...  digital artist
Dan Cobbett  ...  digital compositor: Digital Domain
Chad E. Collier  ...  scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Janice Barlow Collier  ...  dustbuster: Digital Domain (as Janice Barlow)
Brenton Cottman  ...  matte painter
Shad Davis  ...  visual effects coordinator
Eric Deinzer  ...  digital artist
Gareth Dinneen  ...  digital compositor
Hugo Dominguez  ...  rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Joshua Doud  ...  data integration artist
Christina Drahos  ...  digital compositor: Digital Domain
Mark Duckworth  ...  rotoscope artist
Edgar Díaz  ...  roto/paint artist: Digital Domain
Jenn Epstein  ...  digital paint & rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Chad Finnerty  ...  animator
Jay Frankenberger  ...  compositor: Digital Domain
Antonio Freire  ...  production accountant
Robert A.D. Frick  ...  CG lighting artist: Digital Domain
Brian Gazdik  ...  digital effects artist: Digital Domain
Swen Gillberg  ...  computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
Mitchell J. Glaser  ...  visual effects editor
Bryan Grill  ...  digital effects supervisor
Ian A. Harris  ...  rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Marlan Harris  ...  Visual Effects
Peter Herlein  ...  rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Brad Herman  ...  digital artist: Digital Domain
David Hodgins  ...  computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
Christopher Holsey  ...  scan record supervisor
Holly Gregory Horter  ...  rotoscope artist: Digital Domain (as Holly Horter)
Heather Hoyland  ...  digital compositor
Chia-Chi Hu  ...  digital compositor
Melissa Huerta  ...  rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Steven Hur  ...  technical assistant
Atsushi Ikarashi  ...  digital effects artist
Aruna Inversin  ...  digital compositor: Digital Domain
Dag Ivarsoy  ...  digital compositor: Digital Domain
Michelle Jacobs  ...  production coordinator
Sarahjane Javelo  ...  digital paint/rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Jaimie Lee Jota  ...  senior digital coordinator: Digital Domain (as Jaimie Jota)
Gabriella Urbina Kalaitzidis  ...  digital compositor: Digital Domain
Jeff Kim  ...  digital compositor
Seunghyuk Kim  ...  digital effects artist: Digital Domain (as Seung Hyuk Kim)
Viviana Kim  ...  lead rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Michelle Ladd  ...  motion capture director
Paul Lambert  ...  digital compositor
Errol Lanier  ...  digital artist: Digital Domain
Mårten Larsson  ...  visual effects lead
Julian Levi  ...  visual effects producer
Robert Liscombe  ...  digital artist
Jo Lockman  ...  dustbuster
Ross MacKenzie  ...  lead 3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Michael Maker  ...  3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Michael Maloney  ...  digital compositor
Rory McLeish  ...  CG lighting artist: Digital Domain
Daniel Mejia  ...  rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Michael Melchiorre  ...  senior digital compositor
Rohini Montenegro  ...  3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Marc Morissette  ...  digital compositor: Digital Domain
Jihyun Nam  ...  Visual Effects
Erin L. Nelson  ...  digital restoration
Winfield O'Brien  ...  visual effects production assistant: Digital Domain
Melanie Okamura  ...  lead CG modeler: Digital Domain
Kym Olsen  ...  digital compositor: Digital Domain
Midori Otsubo  ...  roto artist: Digital Domain
Marlo Pabon  ...  digital compositor: Digital Domain
Louis Paré  ...  digital lighting artist
Lou Pecora  ...  lead digital compositor: Digital Domain
Eric Petey  ...  animator
Darren Poe  ...  compositing supervisor (as Darren M. Poe)
Youngil Pyo  ...  digital effects artist: Digital Domain
Thomas Reppen  ...  digital effects artist: Digital Domain
Penny Runge  ...  visual effects coordinator
David Sanchez  ...  3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Christopher Savides  ...  color grader: Digital Domain
Tom Schultz  ...  data integration pool lead: Digital Domain
Diana Sear  ...  CG lighting artist: Digital Domain
Jason Selfe  ...  lead compositor: Digital Domain
Stan Seo  ...  matte painter: Digital Domain
Lisa Spence  ...  digital producer
Tamara Stone  ...  digital compositor
Åsa Svedberg  ...  lighter
Andy Tamandl  ...  animator: Digital Domain
Hanzhi Tang  ...  lighting lead
Wilson Tang  ...  digital restoration
Fin Teo  ...  digital texture lead
Jen Underdahl  ...  digital coordinator
John Velazquez  ...  animator
Scott Vosbury  ...  digital paint & rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Bob Wiatr  ...  digital compositor
Virginia Wilson  ...  digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Deborah Wiltman  ...  digital compositor
Paul Winze  ...  visual effects coordinator
Matthias Wittmann  ...  animation lead: Digital Domain
Pam Wong  ...  3D integration artist: Digital Domain
David Wu  ...  roto/paint artist
Niki Yoblonski  ...  rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
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Summary: Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima tells the untold story of the Japanese soldiers who defended their homeland against invading American forces during World War II. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of Iwo Jima itself, the unprecedented tactics of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai) and his men transform what was predicted to be a swift defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat. Their sacrifices, struggles, courage and compassion live on in the taut, gripping film Rolling Stone calls "unique and unforgettable." It is the powerful companion piece to Flags of Our Fathers.