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Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島からの手紙, Iwo jima kara no tegami) is a 2006 Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning critically-acclaimed war film whose cast includes Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. Directed by Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers. Letters from Iwo Jima is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers which depicts the same battle from the American viewpoint. The film is almost entirely in Japanese but was made by an American production company.
The film was released in Japan on December 9, 2006 and received a limited release in the United States on December 20 in order to compete for the 79th Academy Awards. It was subsequently released in more areas of the US on January 12, 2007, and was released in most states by January 19.
The film is based on the nonfiction books Picture Letters from Commander in Chief by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (portrayed on screen by Ken Watanabe) and So Sad To Fall In Battle: An Account of War by Kumiko Kakehashi about the Battle of Iwo Jima. While some characters such as Saigo are fictional, the overall battle as well as several of the commanders are based upon actual people and events.
Ken Watanabe: Army Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya: Army Private First Class Saigo
Tsuyoshi Ihara: Army Lt. Colonel/Baron Takeichi Nishi
Ryo Kase: Army Superior Private Shimizu
Shido Nakamura: Navy Lieutenant Ito
Hiroshi Watanabe: Army Lieutenant Fujita
Takumi Bando: Army Captain Tanida
Yuki Matsuzaki: Army Private First Class Nozaki
Nae Yuuki: Hanako (Saigo's wife)
Won
Academy Awards:
Best Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman)
Berlin Film Festival:
Cinema for Peace Award
Broadcast Film Critics:
Best Foreign Language Film
Chicago Film Critics:
Best Foreign Language Film
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics:
Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Awards:
Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics:
Best Picture
National Board of Review:
Best Picture
San Diego Film Critics:
Best Director (Clint Eastwood)
Best Picture
Nominated
79th Academy Awards — Best Picture - Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, & Robert Lorenz
79th Academy Awards — Best Director - Clint Eastwood
79th Academy Awards — Best Original Screenplay - Iris Yamashita
Golden Globe — Best Director - Clint Eastwood
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards — Best Picture
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards — Best Director - Clint Eastwood
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Picture
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Director - Clint Eastwood
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Original Score
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Screenplay, Original - Iris Yamashita
Motion Picture Sound Editors — Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film: Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement
Motion Picture Sound Editors — Best Sound Editing in Sound Effects and Foley for a Feature Film
Source: wikipedia.org