Letters from Iwo Jima
Director: Clint Eastwood. Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryo Kase, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Shido Nakamura, Nobumasa Sakagami,
Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Ken Kensei, Takashi Yamaguchi, Yuki Matsuzaki, Akiko Shima. Screenplay: Iris Yamashita (based
on the book Picture Letters from Commander in Chief by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and edited by Tsuyoko Yoshido).
Full review to follow soon. Grade: B+
- Academy Award Nominations and *Winners:
- Best Picture
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood
- Best Original Screenplay: Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis
- *Best Sound Effects
- Golden Globe Nominations and *Winners:
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood
- *Best Foreign-Language Film
- Other Awards:
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association—Best Picture
- National Board of Review—Best Picture