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Knowledge Identifier: $Letters_from_Iwo_Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 Japanese-American war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya 
Category: Movies & TV (402)
Launched in 2002.
Countries: United States (50%), (38%), Japan (13%)
Main connections: Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers (film), Kazunari Ninomiya
Linked to: CNN, Warner Home Video, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film, Newsweek
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In 2005, Japanese archaeologists explore tunnels on Iwo Jima, where they find some letters buried in the soil
Principal photography finished in late 2006
The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2006
Jeremy Glazer - He appeared in the film "Letters from Iwo Jima" which was directed by Clint Eastwood in 2006 and "Save Me"
Kazunari Ninomiya - 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"
Steven Spielberg - In 2006, Spielberg co-executive produced with famed filmmaker Robert Zemeckis a CGI children's film called Monster House, marking their eighth collaboration since 1990's Back to the Future Part III. He teamed with Clint Eastwood for the first time in their careers, co-producing Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima with Robert Lorenz and Eastwood himself.
Ken Watanabe - In 2006, he starred in Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima", playing Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Charles W. Lindberg - In the 2006 film "Flags of Our Fathers", Lindberg was played by Alessandro Mastrobuono. Lindberg is the only character to appear in both "Flags" and its companion film, "Letters from Iwo Jima", although in "Letters" he is uncredited and simply seen in the same shot of both films, rushing towards a bunker with a flamethrower
Flags of Our Fathers (film) - Shooting ended early 2006, before production for "Letters from Iwo Jima" began
Kazunari Ninomiya - On October 24, 2006, a couple months after returning from filming "Letters from Iwo Jima" in the United States, he debuted as a voice actor, lending his voice to main character Black in the Michael Arias animated film "Tekkon Kinkreet"
On December 6, 2006, the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures named "Letters from Iwo Jima" the best film of 2006
"Letters from Iwo Jima" was released in Japan on December 9, 2006 and received a limited release in the United States on December 20, 2006 in order to be eligible for consideration for the 79th Academy awards
Flags of Our Fathers (film) - "Letters from Iwo Jima" was released in Japan on December 9, 2006 and in the United States on December 20, 2006, two months after the release of "Flags of Our Fathers" on October 20, 2006
On December 10, 2006, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association named "Letters from Iwo Jima" Best Picture of 2006
It was subsequently released in more areas of the U.S. on January 12, 2007, and was released in most states on January 19
On January 23, 2007, the film received four Academy award nominations
"Letters from Iwo Jima" was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on May 22, 2007
An English-dubbed version of the film premiered on April 7, 2008
This version was first aired on cable channel AMC on April 26, 2008
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