Letters from Iwo Jima

Named Best Picture of 2006 by the National Board of Review as well as the New York and Los Angeles film critics associations, this is the story of the WWII battle of Iwo Jima between the U.S. and Japan, as told from the perspective of two good friends serving in the Japanese military. Ken Watanabe stars. This is the second of Clint Eastwood’s two film’s about the famous battle; the first was the excellent Flags of our Fathers, which was about the American experience.

The 2007 Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film and an Oscar nominee for Best Picture, Director and Original Screenplay.

“Close to perfect.” (A.O. Scott, The New York Times)