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Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

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R | 2 hr 21 mins | Historical, Period, Foreign, Adaptation | Released: 12/20/2006 |Box Office Total: $13.7M

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Synopsis:

Sixty-one years ago, U.S. and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, several hundred 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. The Japanese soldiers are sent to Iwo Jima knowing that, in all probability, they will not come back. Among them are Saigo, a baker who wants only to live see the face of his newborn daughter; Baron Nishi, an Olympic equestrian champion known around the world for his skill and his honor; Shimizu, a young former military policeman whose idealism has not yet been tested by war; and Lieutenant Ito, a strict military man who would rather accept suicide than surrender. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, whose travels in America have revealed to him the hopeless nature of the war, but have also given him strategic insight into how to take on the vast American armada streaming in across the Pacific. 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. Almost 7,000 American soldiers were killed on Iwo Jima; more than 20,000 Japanese troops perished. The black sands of Iwo Jima are stained with their blood, but their sacrifices, their struggles, their courage and their compassion live on in the letters they sent home.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/20/2006

Studio	Credit
DreamWorks SKG	Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Clint Eastwood	Director
Cast	Credit
Ken Watanabe	General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya	Saigo
Tsuyoshi Ihara	Baron Nishi
Ryo Kase	Shimizu
Shido Nakamura	Lieutenant Ito
Yuki Matsuzaki	Nozaki
Hiroshi Watanabe	Lieutenant Fujita
Takumi Bando	Captain Tanida
Takashi Yamaguchi	Kashiwara
Eijiro Ozaki	Lieutenant Okubo
Nae Yuuki	Hanako
Nobumasa Sakagami	Admiral Ohsugi
Lucas Elliott	Sam
Sonny Seiichi Saito	Medic Endo
Steve Santa Sekiyoshi	Kanda
Hiroshi Abe	Lt. Colonel Oiso
Toshiya Agata	Captain Iwasaki
Yoshi Ishii	Private Yamazaki
Toshi Toda	Colonel Adachi
Ken Kensei	Maj. General Hayashi
Ikuma Ando	Ozawa
Akiko Shima	Lead Woman
Masashi Nagadoi	Admiral Ichimaru
Mark Moses	American Officer
Roxanne Hart	Officer's Wife
Yoshio Iizuka	Tired Soldier
Mitsuhiro Kurokawa	- Suicide Soldier
Takuji Kuramoto	Ono
Koji Wada	Hashimoto
Akira Kaneda	Japanese Soldier #1
Shoji Hattori	Japanese Soldier #2
Mark Tadashi Takahashi	Japanese Soldier #3
Mitsuyuki Oishi	Japanese Soldier #4
Evan Ellingson	Kid Marine
Kazuyuki Morosawa	Ito's Guard
Masayuki Yonezawa	Ito's Soldier
Hiroshi Tanaka	Hopeless Soldier
Matt Botuchis	American Marine
Yukari Black	Mother
Daisuke Nagashima	Prisoner
Kirk Enochs	Marine Officer
Ryan Kelley	Marine #2
Jonathan Oliver Sessler	Marine #3
Michael Lawson	Marine #4
Taishi Mizuno	Cave Soldier #1
Daisuke Tsuji	Cave Soldier #2
Yoshiko Ando	Excavator #1
Yutaka Takeuchi	Excavator #2
Tsuguo Mizuno	Lead Excavator
Mark Ofuji	Kuribayashi's Guard
Hallock Beals	Marine at Clearing
Ryan Carnes	Marine at Clearing
Jeremy Glazer	Marine Lieutenant
Ryoya Katsuyama	Boy
Masashi Odate	Cook
London Kim	Okubo's Soldier
Skip Evans	Pilot
Wanliss E Armstrong	Pilot
Production Credits	Credit
Clint Eastwood	Producer
Tim Moore	Co-Producer
Paul Haggis	Executive Producer
Robert Lorenz	Producer
Steven Spielberg	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Malpaso Productions	Production Company
Amblin Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Iwo Jima, Japan
Writer	Credit
Tadamichi Kuribayashi	Source Material
Iris Yamashita	Screenplay
Paul Haggis	Story By
Iris Yamashita	Story By
Accounting	Credit
Michael Bilog	Assistant Production Accountant
Stephanie Whalon	Assistant Accountant
Jason S Gondek	Production Accountant
Taffy Schweickhardt	Assistant Accountant
Landon Trawny	Assistant Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Paul Calabria	Animal Wrangler
Art Department	Credit
JC Brown	Scenic Artist
Brett C Smith	Lead Person
Andrew Nowling	Greensman - Greens Coordinator
Enrico Paronelli	Painter - Paint Foreman
Edward J Protiva	Swing Gang
Gary Fettis	Set Decorator
Henry Bumstead	Production Designer
Pam Cartmel	Art Department Coordinator
James Fernandez	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Adrian Gorton	Set Designer
Charles Eskridge Jr	Painter - Standby Painter
Gary Lee	Set Designer
Steven G Ladish	Swing Gang
James J Murakami	Production Designer
J R Vasquez	Swing Gang
Jay Smith	Swing Gang
David Ladish	Swing Gang
Kai Blomberg	Swing Gang
Sara Gardner-Gail	Swing Gang
Casting	Credit
Yumi Takada	Casting Associate
Dixie Webster-Davis	Extras Casting
Phyllis Huffman	Casting
Matt Huffman	Casting Associate
Geoff Miclat	Casting Associate
Craft Services	Credit
Nancy James	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Kurt Smith	Color Timer
Merie Weismiller	Photography - Still Photographer
Tom Stern	Director of Photography
Jill Bogdanowicz	Colorist - Digital Film Colorist
Trevor Carroll-Coe	Loader
Bruce Lomet	Film Lab - Digital Intermediate Producer
Bill Coe	Camera Assistant - A Camera 1st Assistant
Stephen S Campanelli	Steadicam Operator
Stephen S Campanelli	Camera Operator
Mark Sahagun	Film Lab - Digital Conform
Robert McMahan	Camera Assistant - A Camera 2nd Assistant
David Luckenbach	Camera Operator
Elizabeth Radley	Camera Operator - HD Camera Operator
Julie Donovan	Camera Assistant - B Camera 1st Assistant
Music	Credit
Donald Harris	Music Editor
Lennie Niehaus	Music Conductor
Lennie Niehaus	Orchestrations
Kyle Eastwood	Original Music - Music
Robert Fernandez	Score Mixing - Music Scoring Mixer
Michael Stevens	Original Music - Music
Physical Effects	Credit
Buddy Van Horn	Stunt Coordinator
Scott Leva	Stunts
Will Leong	Stunts
Steve Chang	Stunts
Richard Bucher	Stunts
Al Goto	Stunts
Sam Situmorang	Stunts
Jon Valera	Stunts
McKay Stewart	Stunts
Michael Hugghins	Stunts
Simon Rhee	Stunts
Xuyen Valdivia ('Sam')	Stunts
Ilram Choi	Stunts
Brian Edward Avery	Stunts
J Mark Donaldson	Stunts
Dustin Meier	Stunts
Thomas Isao Morinaka	Stunts
Dennis Yukio Takeda	Stunts
Arnold Chun	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Yoshikuni Taki	Production Supervisor
Danielle Hartzell	Assistant Production Coordinator
Karen Shaw	Production Coordinator
Tim Moore	Unit Production Manager
Steve Beimler	Location Manager
Linda Kai	Assistant Location Manager
Donald W Murphy	Assistant Director
Mable Lawson-McCrary	Script Supervisor
Miker Stovall	Assistant Production Coordinator
Tom Hogan	Assistant Location Manager
Katie Carroll	Assistant Director
Pete Dress	Assistant Director
James H Wheelan	Assistant Location Manager
Jessica Meier	Assistant Production Coordinator
Kent Tsurumaru	Assistant Director - Additional Second Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Robin Harlan	Foley Artist
Bill Cawley	Assistant Sound Editor
Michael Dressel	Foley Editor
Juno J Ellis	ADR Supervisor
Flash Deros	Boom Operator
Nicholas Korda	ADR Editor
Jay Jennings	Sound Effects Editor
Ryan Murphy	Dubbing Mixer - Mix Technician
Charles B Maynes	Sound Design
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
Randy K Singer	Foley Mixer
John T Reitz	Rerecording Mixer
Walt Martin	Sound Mixer
Alan Robert Murray	Supervising Sound Editor
Dick Hanson	Sound - Sound Utility
Kevin Murray	Assistant Sound Editor
Bub Asman	Supervising Sound Editor
Takashi Akaku	ADR Mixer
Rupert Nadeau	ADR Editor - ADR Assistant Editor
Sarah Monat	Foley Artist
Jason King	Sound Effects Editor
Shawn Sykora	Foley Editor
David E Campbell	Rerecording Mixer
Christopher Flick	Foley Editor
David Wolowic	Assistant Sound Editor
Steve Mann	Sound Effects Editor
Gregg Rudloff	Rerecording Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Brenton Cottman	Matte Painter
Viviana Kim	Rotoscope Animator - Lead Rotoscope Artist
Swen Gilberg	CG Supervisor
Brian Gazdik	CGI Artist - CG Effects Artist
Geoffrey E Baumann	3-D Animator - 3D Integration Lead
Shad Davis	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Mitchell J Glaser	Visual Effects Editor
Steven Riley	Special Effects Supervisor
Melanie Okamura	Modelmaker - Lead CG Modeler
Michael Owens	Visual Effects Supervisor
Lou Pecora	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositing Lead
Darren M Poe	Compositing Supervisor
Ross MacKenzie	3-D Artist - 3D Integration Lead
Lisa K Spence	Visual Effects Producer - Digital Producer
Matthias Wittmann	Animator
John J Downey	Special Effects Technician
Mike Edmonson	Special Effects Coordinator - Special Effects Set Coordinator
Bryan Grill	Digital Effects - Digital Effects Supervisor
David Hodgins	CG Supervisor
Matthew Butler	Visual Effects Supervisor
Debra Wolff	Visual Effects Editor
Stan Seo	Matte Painter
James Lorimer	Special Effects Technician
Jason Selfe	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositing Lead
Frank Bonniwell	Animator
Michelle Jacobs	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Michael Maker	3-D Artist - 3D Integration Artist
Atsushi Ikarashi	CGI Artist - CG Effects Artist
Edgar Diaz	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Jenn Epstein	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Rohini Montenegro	3-D Artist - 3D Integration Artist
Eric Petey	Animator
Fin Teo	Matte Painter - Digital Texture Paint Lead
David A Poole	Special Effects Technician
Julian Levi	Visual Effects Supervisor
Seung Kim	CGI Artist - CG Effects Artist
Jaimie Jota	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Eric Beaver	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Joel Behrens	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Andy Tamandl	Animator
Jennifer Underdahl	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
James LaCroix	Special Effects Technician
Marten Larsson	CGI Artist - CG Effects Artist
David Sanchez	3-D Artist - 3D Integration Artist
Ian A Harris	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Pam Wong	3-D Artist - 3D Integration Artist
Virginia C Wilson	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Peter Herlein	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Chad Finnerty	Animator
Dominic V Ruiz	Special Effects Technician
Niki Bern	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Youngil Pyo	CGI Artist - CG Effects Artist
Holly Horter	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Paul Winze	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Steven King	Special Effects Technician
Thomas Reppen	CGI Artist - CG Effects Artist
Dan Cobbett	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Melissa Huerta	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Gareth Dinneen	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Nicholas M Papac	Special Effects Technician
Hanzhi Tang	CGI Artist - Lead CG Lighting Artist
Sarahjane Javelo	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Andrew John Bradbury	CGI Artist - CG Lighting Artist
Steve Kline	Special Effects Technician
Christina Drahos	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Jason Hansen	Special Effects Technician
Daniel Mejia	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Jay Frankenberger	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Robert Andrew David Frick	CGI Artist - CG Lighting Artist
Shari Ann Riley	Special Effects Technician
Rory McLeish	CGI Artist - CG Lighting Artist
Nicole Yoblonski	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope Artist
Heather Hoyland	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Diana Sear	CGI Artist - CG Lighting Artist
Chia-Chi Hu	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Asa Svedberg	CGI Artist - CG Lighting Artist
Aruna Inversin	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Asuka Tohda	CGI Artist - CG Lighting Artist
Dag Ivarsoy	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Gabriella Urbina Kalaitzidis	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Jeff Kim	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Paul Lambert	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Michael Maloney	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Michael Melchiorre	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Marc Morissette	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Kym Olsen	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Marlo Pabon	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Tamara Stone	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Deborah Wiltman	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
John M Wright ('Jack')	Costume Supervisor
Eryn Krueger	Makeup Artist
Tania McComas	Makeup - Makeup Department Head
Carol o'Connell	Hair - Hair Department Head
Deborah Hopper	Costume Designer
Ann Culotta	Set Costumer
Patricia DeHaney	Hair Stylist
Corey C Bronson	Set Costumer
Dennis Roden	Hair Stylist
Mitchell Kenney	Costume Supervisor
Jay Wejebe	Makeup Artist
Daniel Dirks	Set Costumer
Zoe Hay	Makeup Artist
Andrea Knaub	Set Costumer
Rebecca Watchel	Makeup Artist
Dave Snyder	Makeup Artist
Jojo Meyers Proud	Makeup Artist

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