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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...

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Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), Malpaso (Company), Amblin Entertainment (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Eastwood, Clint, 1930-, Lorenz, Robert, Spielberg, Steven, 1946-, Yamashita, Iris, Haggis, Paul, Watanabe, Ken, 1959-, Ninomiya, Kazunari, Ihara, Tsuyoshi, Kase, Ryō, 1974-, Nakamura, Shidō, Watanabe, Hiroshi, Bando, Takumi, Matsuzaki, Yuki, Yamaguchi, Takashi, Ozaki, Eijiro, Yoshido, Tsuyoko, Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, 1890 or 1891-1945
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
Spanish
Language Notes:Japanese (Dolby 5.1, MLP 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
Edition:Blu-ray version.
Subjects:
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 > Drama.
Japan. > Rikugun > Military life > Drama.
Letter writing, Japanese > Drama.
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) > Drama.
Feature films.
War films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War > Feature.
Historical > Feature.
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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.
Item Description:Title from container.
Based on the book "Picture letters from Commander in Chief" by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and book editor Tsuyoko Yoshido.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: "Red sun, black sand: the making of Letters from Iwo Jima;" "The faces of war: the cast of Letters from Iwo Jima;" "Images from the frontlines: the photography of Letters from Iwo Jima;" world premiere at Budo-kan in Tokyo; press conference at Grand Hyatt Tokyo.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray Disc; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. (music), Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, MLP Lossless 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, BD-50.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for graphic war violence.
Awards: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.
Production Credits: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.
ISBN:1419844989
9781419844980