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.
12-09-2006
2h 21m
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Director:
Clint Eastwood
Production:
Warner Bros. Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Malpaso Productions, Amblin Entertainment
Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
Kazunari Ninomiya (born June 17, 1983), often called Nino, is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, seiyū and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to movie audiences for his portrayal as Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint Eastwood war film Letters from Iwo Jima.
Ninomiya began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of 13. Prior to his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, Ninomiya started an acting career when he was cast as Chris for the stage play Stand by Me, which was based on the film of the same name. Since then, he has went on to appear in numerous drama, movie and stage productions, making him known as the actor of Arashi. Described as an actor who can act with his mouth and eyes, Ninomiya has won a number of awards and nominations for his roles.
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Tsuyoshi Ihara
Tsuyoshi Ihara (Ihara Tsuyoshi, birth name: Ihara Tsuyoshi) is a Japanese actor of Korean descent, born on November 6, 1963 in Kitakyūshū, and who grew up in Ikuno-ku, Osaka. He is a graduate of Imamiya Senior High School, situated in Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Ihara is represented by the K Dash agency.
Ryo Kase (加瀬 亮 Kase Ryō) is a Japanese actor. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington, until he was seven. He portrayed Shimizu, one of the lower-ranked Japanese soldiers, in Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima and starred in Masayuki Suo's film I Just Didn't Do It.
Yuki Matsuzaki, born in Miyazaki, Japan began acting at the age of 7 in a small theatrical group that performed for children. He performed over 50 shows in local theaters until he was 18. Upon graduating high school, he decided to dedicate his life to acting and moved to New York City to become an accomplished actor with the versatility to perform in both English and Japanese. Upon his arrival, all his money was stolen and he became homeless. In order to survive, he started performing on the streets of Times Square where his first day tally after performing 8-hours was a mere $4.00.
All his endurance and hard work was rewarded when Edward Zwick cast Yuki for The Last Samuri (2003). He began booking roles in such films as Drunken Sword (2005) and Roku (2005). Next Clint Eastwood cast him as Nozaki in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). Eastwood favored Yuki for his unique preparation. In order to prepare for his role, Yuki only digested celery and water for five weeks to experience famine, confined himself inside dark closets and bathrooms to recreate the claustrophobic atmosphere for the cave fighting sequences. After Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), NBC offered Yuki a co-star role in their hit TV show Heroes (2006/II).
In 2009, Matsuzaki starred alongside Steve Martin, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina and Aishwarya Rai as a member of an international dream team of detectives in Pink Panther 2 (2009).
Mark Moses (born February 24, 1958) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Paul Young in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives (2004–2011) and as Herman "Duck" Phillips in the AMC period drama Mad Men (2007–2014).
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Roxanne Hart (born July 27, 1952) is an American television, film and stage actress. She may be best known for her role as Brenda Wyatt in the 1986 film Highlander. She is also known for the role of Nurse Camille Shutt on the Medical drama Chicago Hope.
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Ryan Carnes was born on November 21, 1982 in Pittsfield, Illinois, USA as Ryan Gregg Carnes. He is an actor and producer, known for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Doctor Who (2005) and Desperate Housewives (2004).
Ryan Jonathan Kelley (born August 31, 1986) is an American actor known for his Independent Spirit Award winning performance in Mean Creek and his work on the hit television series Smallville. He also starred as Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm. He had a major supporting role in Stolen Summer, which was the film made during the Project Greenlight documentary series. He has appeared in over 50 commercials since he was 2 years old. Ryan has 14 brothers and sisters; nine are adopted. He is the fifth oldest. He was born and raised in a western suburb of Chicago, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
Kelley had a role in the film Letters from Iwo Jima, and he played the title role in the movie Prayers for Bobby that premiered on Lifetime with Sigourney Weaver.
