Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima /

In 1945, 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 Ta...

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Main Authors: Eastwood, Kyle (Composer), Stevens, Michael, 1945- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Malpaso (Company), Amblin Entertainment (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Eastwood, Clint, 1930- (Producer, Director), Yamashita, Iris (Screenwriter), Haggis, Paul (Screenwriter, Producer), Spielberg, Steven, 1946- (Producer), Lorenz, Robert (Robert B.) (Producer), Stern, Tom, 1946- (Cinematographer), Watanabe, Ken, 1959- (Actor), Ninomiya, Kazunari (Actor), Ihara, Tsuyoshi (Actor), Kase, Ryō, 1974- (Actor), Nakamura, Shidō (Actor), Watanabe, Hiroshi (Researcher in nuclear energy) (Actor), Bando, Takumi (Actor), Matsuzaki, Yuki (Actor), Yamaguchi, Takashi (Actor), Ozaki, Eijiro (Actor), Bumstead, Henry (Designer), Murakami, James J. (Designer), Cox, Joel (Film editor), Roach, Gary D. (Film editor), Hopper, Deborah (Costume designer), Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, 1890 or 1891-1945, Yoshido, Tsuyoko (Editor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2007.
Edition:Two-disc special edition, widescreen.
Subjects:
Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, > 1890 or 1891-1945 > Drama.
Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, > 1890 or 1891-1945.
Japan. > Rikugun > Military life > Drama.
Japan. > Rikugun.
1945
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 > Drama.
Letter writing, Japanese > Drama.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 > Campañas > Japón > Teatro.
Cartas > Teatro.
War > Feature.
Historical > Feature.
Feature films.
Letter writing, Japanese.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) > Drama.
Japan.
Japan > Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands)
War films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Foreign language films > Japanese.
Drama.
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Summary:In 1945, 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.
Item Description:Based on the book "Picture letters from Commander in Chief" by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and book editor Tsuyoko Yoshido.
Originally produced in 2006.
Special features: "Red sun, black sand: the making of Letters from Iwo Jima:" led by Clint Eastwood, an inside look at the creation of the film with many of the key players involved who brought this epic film together (21 min.); "The faces of war: the cast of Letters from Iwo Jima:" cast members introduce the characters they portray in the film (19 min.); "Images from the frontlines: the photography of Letters from Iwo Jima" (4 min.); 11/15/2006 world premiere at Budo-kan in Tokyo (16 min.); 11/16/2006 press conference at Grand Hyatt Tokyo (25 min.); theatrical trailer (3 min.).
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for graphic war violence.
Production Credits:Production designed by Henry Bumstead, James J. Murakami ; edited by Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach ; co-producer, Tim Moore ; visual effects supervisor, Michael Owens ; costumes designed by Deborah Hopper ; music by Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens ; orchestrated and conducted by Lennie Niehaus.
ISBN:1419845268
9781419845260

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