The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 25 wins & 39 nominations total
Shidô Nakamura
- Lieutenant Ito
- (as Shidou Nakamura)
Lucas Elliot Eberl
- Sam
- (as Lucas Elliot)
Sonny Saito
- Medic Endo
- (as Sonny Seiichi Saito)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMost of the young cast knew nothing about the incidents on Iwo Jima, as it is not taught in Japanese schools.
- GoofsThe bottle of Johnnie Walker appears to have a screw cap made of aluminum. At that time liquor bottles had a cork stopper.
- Quotes
Baron Nishi: [reading the letter from the mother of Sam, the dead marine] Remember what I said to you: always do what's right because it is right.
- SoundtracksString Quartet No.6, Op. 1-6, Hob. III-6, Mov.2
Composed by Joseph Haydn
At a party where Ken Watanabe participated
Featured review
Great movie!
Don't listen to the people who call this movie inaccurate or revisionist history.
The movie is accurate. There were people on both sides of the war who at times showed kindness.
Labeling all the Japanese soldiers as people who tortured POWS would be like saying all American soldiers in Vietnam killed and rape innocent Vietnamese. Or all American soldiers in Cuba tortured POWS from the wars in the Middle East. You can't group people together like that.
This movie shows better than any other film that there's really no good guys or bad guys when it comes to war. War is just pointless.
The movie is not supposed to be a documentary so the people who bash it for little details should go rent a documentary if thats what they want to see.
Also, Clint Eastwood deserves major credit for telling both sides of the war. Too many war movies always show the enemy as "heartless monsters" when it reality its never like that.
This is without a doubt the best movie of the year. Make sure you go see it.
The movie is accurate. There were people on both sides of the war who at times showed kindness.
Labeling all the Japanese soldiers as people who tortured POWS would be like saying all American soldiers in Vietnam killed and rape innocent Vietnamese. Or all American soldiers in Cuba tortured POWS from the wars in the Middle East. You can't group people together like that.
This movie shows better than any other film that there's really no good guys or bad guys when it comes to war. War is just pointless.
The movie is not supposed to be a documentary so the people who bash it for little details should go rent a documentary if thats what they want to see.
Also, Clint Eastwood deserves major credit for telling both sides of the war. Too many war movies always show the enemy as "heartless monsters" when it reality its never like that.
This is without a doubt the best movie of the year. Make sure you go see it.
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- movieguy23
- Jan 12, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Red Sun, Black Sand
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,756,082
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $89,097
- Dec 24, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $68,673,228
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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