Letters From Iwo Jima (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) VCD

In 2006, renowned actor/director Clint Eastwood presented two critically acclaimed WWII companion films about the Battle of Iwo Jima, approaching the same battlefield from two different perspectives. On the American side, Flags of Our Fathers follows the soldiers who hoisted the American flag in that iconic picture that came to symbolize Iwo Jima in the United States. On the Japanese side, Letters from Iwo Jima recalls the final days of the Japanese soldiers stationed at Iwo Jima through the letters they left behind. Both films carry strong messages about the devastation of war and the heroes that come of them, but while Flags of Our Fathers covered the cynical politics and psychological aftermath of war, Letters from Iwo Jima returned to more humanistic roots, focusing squarely on the individuals who gave their lives on the island. The story is mainly positioned around Watanabe Ken (The Last Samurai), who cuts a fine and noble figure as General Kuribayashi Tadamichi, and Ninomiya Kazunari of Arashi, who delivers a surprisingly affecting performance as a smart-mouthed conscript intent on surviving for his family. The film also features Nakamura Shido (Be With You), Ihara Tsuyoshi, and Kase Ryo.

General Kuribayashi Tadamichi (Watanabe Ken) arrives at the lifeless island of Iwo Jima in 1945 to lead the first WWII battle fought on Japanese soil. Iwo Jima represented Japan's frontline, but Kuribayashi knows they are fighting a battle they can not win. Having spent many years in the United States, however, he understands what military strategies are necessary to hold out the battle for as long as possible. In the face of the oncoming war, Kuribayashi must also contend with the egos of his fiercely nationalistic, rigid-minded subordinates and a 20,000-man army composed of motley conscripts who just want to go home. When the 100,000-strong American troops arrive on the shores of Iwo Jima, however, all that awaits them is an emotional fight to the end.

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Product Title:	Letters From Iwo Jima (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) 硫磺島戰書 (VCD) (香港版) 硫磺岛战书 (VCD) (香港版) Letters From Iwo Jima (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) Letters From Iwo Jima (VCD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Ninomiya Kazunari (Actor) | Ihara Tsuyoshi (Actor) | Watanabe Ken (Actor) | Yuki Nae | Nakamura Shido | Kase Ryo 二宮和也 (Actor) | 伊原剛志 (Actor) | 渡邊謙 (Actor) | 裕木奈江 | 中村獅童 | 加瀨亮 二宫和也 (Actor) | 伊原刚志 (Actor) | 渡边谦 (Actor) | 裕木 奈江 | Nakamura Shido | 加濑亮 二宮和也 (Actor) | 伊原剛志 (Actor) | 渡辺謙 (Actor) | Yuki Nae | 中村獅童 | 加瀬亮 Ninomiya Kazunari (Actor) | Ihara Tsuyoshi (Actor) | Watanabe Ken (Actor) | Yuki Nae | Nakamura Shido | Kase Ryo
Director:	Clint Eastwood 奇連伊士活 奇连伊士活 クリント・イーストウッド Clint Eastwood
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Release Date:	2007-05-05
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	United States
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Rating:	IIB
Duration:	140 (mins)
Publisher:	Warner Home Video (HK)
Other Information:	2VCDs
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004776999

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Director: Clint Eastwood

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The Japanese soldiers are sent to Iwo Jima knowing that in all probability they will not come back. Among them are Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya), a baker who wants only to live to see the face of his newborn daughter; Baron Nishi (Tsuyoshi Ihara), an Olympic equestrian champion known around the world for his skill and his honor; Shimizu (Ryo Kase), a young former military policeman whose idealism has not yet been tested by war; and Lieutenant Ito (Shidou Nakamura), a strict military man who would rather accept suicide than surrender.

Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe), whose travels in America have revealed to him the hopeless nature of the war but also given him strategic insight into how to take on the vast American armada streaming in from across the Pacific.

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.

Almost 7,000 American soldiers were killed on Iwo Jima; more than 20,000 Japanese troops perished. The black sands of Iwo Jima are stained with their blood, but their sacrifices, their struggles, their courage and their compassion live on in the letters they sent home.

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