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Critic Dan Jolin
rated 8

...balances its unflinching handling of the horrors of war with its touching portrayal of those who face them.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Noel Murray
rated 8

...showing how people make impossible choices with dreadful repercussions.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Søren Langelund
rated 7

...en overordnet simpelt velfungerende film, som aldrig kommer tættere det mesterlige end lige ved og næsten.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Cast & Crew

Clint Eastwood
Director
Hiroshi Abe
As Lt. Colonel Oiso
Ryo Kase
As Private Shimizu
Ken Watanabe
As General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Shido Nakamura
As Lieutenant Ito
Kazunari Ninomiya
As Private Saigo
Mark Moses
As American Officer

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Letters from Iwo Jima is a powerful and thought-provoking war drama that explores the human side of war through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Tsuyoshi Ihara, the film offers a unique perspective on this pivotal moment in history, revealing the sacrifices and struggles of those who fought on both sides. The movie begins with the arrival of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe), a respected and skilled strategist, on the island of Iwo Jima. Kuribayashi is tasked with defending the island against an imminent American attack, but he knows that his troops are vastly outnumbered and outgunned. Despite this, he is determined to make the Americans pay dearly for their victory. He orders his men to dig a network of tunnels and fortifications into the rocky terrain, creating a formidable defense system that will enable them to hold off their enemies for as long as possible. As American forces begin their assault on February 19th, 1945 ( Flag Raising Day ), we see vividly portrayed battles between American Marines and Japanese soldiers entrenched in caves within Mount Suribachi..The use of real locations within Japan adds authenticity to what unfolds..When news arrives that enemy forces have finally taken Suribachi's summit.,Kuribayashi orders his troops not to let it get any further than where it stands at present but it's too late - they are now completely surrounded leaving only two options: death or capture..Despite hopelessness surrounding them all they refuse give up committing acts which would be deemed cowardly back home yet show bravery beyond measure here because there was never really another option available given their situation at hand - fight until your last breath! The climax features emotionally charged scenes using flashbacks showing how each character came into service while juxtaposing these moments alongside mementos left behind by comrades fallen before them; then you start wondering whether survival might actually come off worse than death itself during times like these making

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