Lettres d'Iwo Jima

Bando, Takumi. (Added Author). Eastwood, Clint, 1930- (Added Author). Haggis, Paul. (Added Author). Ihara, Tsuyoshi. (Added Author). Lorenz, Robert. (Added Author). Matsuzaki, Yuki. (Added Author). Ninomiya, Kazunari. (Added Author). Ozaki, Eijiro. (Added Author). Spielberg, Steven, 1946- (Added Author). Watanabe, Hiroshi. (Added Author). Watanabe, Ken, 1959- (Added Author). Yamaguchi, Takashi. (Added Author). Yamashita, Iris. (Added Author). Yoshido, Tsuyoko. (Added Author). Amblin Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Dreamworks Pictures. (Added Author). Malpaso (Company) (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki. (Cast).

Summary: Sixty-one years ago, 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.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 streaming video file (140 min.) : digital, sound, color
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., [2013]
Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the book "Picture letters from Commander in Chief" by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and book editor Tsuyoko Yoshido. Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros., 2007.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editors, Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach ; music, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens ; costume designer, Deborah Hopper ; production designers, Henry Bumstead, James J. Murakami.
Participant or Performer Note:	Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki.
Target Audience Note:	CHV rating: 14A. MPAA rating: R; for graphic war violence.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	English language version also available.
System Details Note:	Content available as a streaming video.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, USA, 2007: Oscar - Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman) Golden Globes, USA, 2007: Golden Globe - Best Foreign language Film
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed July 2, 2015).