TY - GEN AU - Eastwood,Clint AU - Watanabe,Ken AU - Kazunari Ninomiya AU - Tsuyoshi Ihara AU - Ryo Kase AU - Shido Nakamura AU - Hiroshi Watanabe AU - Takumi Bando AU - Yuki Matsuzaki AU - Takashi Yamaguchi AU - Eijiro Ozaki AU - Nae AU - Nobumasa Sakagami AU - Akiko Shima AU - Luke Eberl AU - Sonny Saito TI - Letters from Iwo Jima AV - DVD 005414 PY - 2006/// CY - USA PB - Amblin Entertainment KW - Drama KW - History KW - War N2 - The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination UR - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498380 ER -