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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Letters from Iwo Jima can be found at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498380/parentalguide.

Letters from Iwo Jima is based on a screenplay by Japanese-American screenwriter Iris Yamashita. She based her screenplay on two nonfiction books: (1) 'Gyokusai Soshireikan' no Etegami [English: Picture letters from the Commander in Chief] (2002) by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (who is played by Ken Watanabe), and (2) So Sad to Fall in Battle: An Account of War (2005) by Kumiko Kakehashi.

Letters from Iwo Jima portrays the battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Flags of Our Fathers (2006), which depicts the same battle from the American viewpoint. Both films are directed by Clint Eastwood.