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Letters from Iwo Jima

2006 film by Clint Eastwood
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Summary

Letters from Iwo Jima is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,845 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4], National Board of Review Award for Best Film[5]
  • Director: Clint Eastwood[6]
  • Screenwriter: Iris Yamashita[7], Paul Haggis[8]
  • Composer: Kyle Eastwood[9]
  • Genre: war film[10], drama film[11], historical film[12]
  • Follows: Flags of Our Fathers[13]
  • Cast member: Ken Watanabe[14], Kazunari Ninomiya[15], Yuki Matsuzaki[16], Luke Eberl[17], Tsuyoshi Ihara[18], Ryō Kase[19], Nakamura Shidō II[20], Eijiro Ozaki[21], Jeremy Glazer[22], Mark Moses[23], Roxanne Hart[24], Ryan Carnes[25], Mathew Botuchis[26], Ryan Kelley[27]
  • Producer: Clint Eastwood[28], Steven Spielberg[29], Robert Lorenz[30]
  • Production company: DreamWorks[31], Malpaso Productions[32], Amblin Entertainment[33], Warner Bros. Entertainment[34]
  • Director of photography: Tom Stern[35]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[36], English[37]
  • Commons category: Letters from Iwo Jima[38]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[39]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[40], 91%[41], 89/100[42], 7.8/10[43]
  • Color: color[44]
  • Country of origin: United States[45]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2006[46], February 22, 2007[47]
  • Characters: Tadamichi Kuribayashi[48], Takeichi Nishi[49], Rinosuke Ichimaru[50]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[51], Netflix[52]
  • Narrative location: Japan[53], Iwo Jima[54]
  • Official website: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/letters-iwo-jima[55]
  • Filming location: Iceland[56], Malibu[57], Japan[58], Leo Carrillo State Park[59]
  • Main subject: Pacific War[60], World War II[61], Battle of Iwo Jima[62]
  • Film editor: Joel Cox[63]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[64], Academy Award for Best Director[65], Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[66], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[67]

Why It Matters

Letters from Iwo Jima has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

FAQs

What awards did Letters from Iwo Jima receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4], and National Board of Review Award for Best Film[5].

Related Entities

Clint Eastwood film Flags of Our Fathers Iceland Japan Ken Watanabe Netflix Paul Haggis Steven Spielberg Tadamichi Kuribayashi United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Production designer → Henry Bumstead
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