# Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

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**Runtime**: 141 min
**Genres**: Action, Drama, War
**Directed by**: Clint Eastwood
**Written by**: Paul Haggis, Iris Yamashita
**Starring**: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe

> *The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Iwo Jima, winter, a cave radio crackles. Japanese soldiers huddle, a flag still waves, the invasion begins. Eastwood lensed the other side.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, slow-burn, tender

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