Eastwood, Clint 1930- Lorenz, Robert (Robert B.) Spielberg, Steven 1946- Yamashita, Iris. Haggis, Paul. Eastwood, Kyle. cmp Watanabe, Ken 1959- Ninomiya, Kazunari. Ihara, Tsuyoshi. Kase, Ryō. Nakamura, Shidō. Watanabe, Hiroshi. Bando, Takumi. Matsuzaki, Yuki. Yamaguchi, Takashi. Ozaki, Eijiro. Yoshido, Tsuyoko. Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006) Malpaso (Company) Amblin Entertainment (Firm) Warner Home Video (Firm) moving image videorecording Feature films. War films. Historical films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. cau Burbank, CA Warner Home Video [2008] 2008 monographic jpn eng fre spa 1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. In 1945, 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. MPAA rating: R; for graphic war violence. adult Warner Bros. Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures present a Malpaso/Amblin Entertainment production ; produced by Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg ; story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis ; screenplay by Iris Yamashita ; directed by Clint Eastwood. Based on the book "Picture letters from Commander in Chief" by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and book editor Tsuyoko Yoshido. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki. Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editors, Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach ; music, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens ; costume designer, Deborah Hopper ; production designers, Henry Bumstead, James J. Murakami. DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, DVD-9. Japanese dialogue with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. Academy Awards, USA, 2007: Oscar - Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman). Golden Globes, USA, 2007: Golden Globe - Best Foreign language Film. a-ja--- Kuribayashi, Tadamichi 1890 or 1891-1945 Drama Japan. Rikugun Military life Drama Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 Drama Letter writing, Japanese Drama Foreign films Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) Drama 791.43/72 Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, 1890 or 1891-1945 1419869906 9781419869907 141989370X 883929025848 081023 20231130152618.0 263162777