Letters From Iwo Jima

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Call Number: Blu-ray FLC-JPN Letters
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Blu-ray Disc.
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.
Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki.
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.
DVD, 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.
Contents: "Gyokusai Sōshikikan" no etegami.

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Amazing submitted by RebeccaWittekindt on July 15, 2023, 12:57pm A beautiful movie, one of the best directed by Eastwood. Ken Watanabe was brilliant.