Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) Ken Watanabe General Tadamichi Kuribayashi Kazunari Ninomiya Saigo Tsuyoshi Ihara Baron Nishi Ryo Kase Shimizu Shido Nakamura Lieutenant Ito Yuki Matsuzaki Nozaki Hiroshi Watanabe Lieutenant Fujita Takumi Bando Captain Tanida Takashi Yamaguchi Kashiwara Eijiro Ozaki Lieutenant Okubo Nae Yuuki Hanako Nobumasa Sakagami Admiral Ohsugi Lucas Elliott Sam Sonny Seiichi Saito Medic Endo Steve Santa Sekiyoshi Kanda Hiroshi Abe Lt. Colonel Oiso Toshiya Agata Captain Iwasaki Yoshi Ishii Private Yamazaki Toshi Toda Colonel Adachi Ken Kensei Maj. General Hayashi Ikuma Ando Ozawa Directed by: Clint Eastwood Produced by: Paul Haggis, Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of two good friends serving in the Japanese forces, who watch helplessly throughout various battles as their comrades are killed. ========== 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.