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"Chronicles one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, focusing on the men who protected their homeland, both officers and enlisted personnel who find strength and courage, and witness unimaginable horror."
"Muestra la llegada de la imponente Armada de guerra norteamericana a la pequeña isla del Pacífico desde la que se defendía el territorio japonés. Por otro lado, se mostró la resistencia nipona, organizada inteligentemente a través de túneles gracias a la estrategia del general Tadamichi Kuribayashi."
"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."
""En février 1945, les Japonais s'apprêtent à combattre les Américains sur l'île d'Iwo Jima. Luttant à armes inégales, les soldats nippons sont conscients qu'ils risquent fort de ne jamais rentrer à la maison. Cela n'empêche pas le général Kuribayashi d'investir beaucoup d'énergie dans un plan de défense de son cru. Mettant à profit une certaine connaissance de l'ennemi acquise lors d'un séjour aux États-Unis, l'officier applique des méthodes que ses confrères n'approuvent guère. Ceux-ci acceptent tout aussi mal le respect dont Kuribayashi fait preuve envers les simples conscrits. Au moment où l'adversaire attaque, la dissension éclate au sein des troupes japonaises. Certains soldats décident de capituler. D'autres choisissent de s'enlever la vie. Au total, la bataille fera 20.000 victimes du côté du Japon." [(c) Médiafilm]."
""With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of Iwo Jima itself, the unprecedented tactics of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and his men transform what was predicted to be a swift defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat." [box cover note]."
"Clint Eastwood's completion of the Iwo Jima saga. Here the action is seen from the Japanese point of view and the film is based on the book 'Picture Letters from Commander in Chief' by Tadamichi Kuribayashi. The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favour the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff."
"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."
"Feature film from the USA. War. The World War II battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan, told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it."
"With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of Iwo Jima, Japanese soldiers defended their homeland against invading American forces during World War II."@en
"Sixty-one years ago, US 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 to 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 also given him strategic insight into how to take on the vast American armada streaming in from 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. From Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood comes the untold story of the Japanese soldiers and their General who defended against the invading American forces on the island of Iwo Jima."
"De verhalen van enkele van de 20.000 Japanse soldaten die bij de Amerikaanse landing op Iwo Jima, begin 1945, opdracht krijgen zich dood te vechten."
"Part 2 of Clint Eastwood's 'Iwo Jima saga'."@en
"Sixty-two years ago, U.S. and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil, giving faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them."@en
"With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of Iwo Jima, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and his men transform what was predicted to be a swift defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat."
"Sixty-one years ago, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark islandś 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. Kuribayashiś unprecedented tactics transform wha twas predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat."
"Am 19. Februar 1945 verschanzt sich eine Minderheit japanischer Truppen auf der Insel Iwo Jima, um der Übermacht der vorrückenden amerikanischen Soldaten Widerstand zu leisten. Das sinnlose Unterfangen endet in einem Blutbad. Der von Clint Eastwood als Gegenstück seines Films "Flags of our Fathers" konzipierte Kriegsfilm zeigt die andere "Seite der Medaille", indem er die Schlacht um die "strategisch wichtige" Vulkaninsel ausschließlich aus der Sicht der Japaner zeigt. Dabei bemüht er sich nach allen Regeln der (Hollywood-)Kunst, dem "Feind" ein Gesicht zu geben und den Krieg als unmenschlich erscheinen zu lassen. Ein wichtiger, vor allem für US-amerikanische Betrachter unbequemer Film."
""The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it." -- IMDb, May 14, 2015."
"Sixty-two years ago, U.S. and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil, giving faces and voices to the men who fought there and more. Includes several bonus documentaries."
"The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it."
"After bringing the story of the American soldiers who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima to the screen in his film Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood offers an equally thoughtful portrait of the Japanese forces who held the island for 36 days in this military drama. In 1945, World War II was in its last stages, and U.S. forces were planning to take on the Japanese on a small island known as Iwo Jima. While the island was mostly rock and volcanoes, it was of key strategic value and Japan's leaders saw the island as the final opportunity to prevent an Allied invasion. Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) was put in charge of the forces on Iwo Jima; Kuribayashi had spent time in the United States and was not eager to take on the American army, but he also understood his opponents in a way his superiors did not, and devised an unusual strategy of digging tunnels and deep foxholes that allowed his troops a tactical advantage over the invading soldiers. While Kuribayashi's strategy alienated some older officers, it impressed Baron Nishi (Tsuyoshi Ihara), the son of a wealthy family who had also studied America firsthand as an athlete at the 1932 Olympics. As Kuribayashi and his men dig in for a battle they are not certain they can win and most have been told they will not survive their story is told both by watching their actions and through the letters they write home to their loved ones, letters that in many cases would not be delivered until long after they were dead. Among the soldiers manning Japan's last line of defense are Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya), a baker sent to Iwo Jima only days before his wife was to give birth; Shimizu (Ryo Kase), who was sent to Iwo Jima after washing out in the military police; and Lieutenant Ito (Shidou Nakamura), who has embraced the notion of "Death Before Surrender" with particular ferocity. Filmed in Japanese with a primarily Japanese cast, Letters From Iwo Jima was shot in tandem with Flags of Our Fathers, and the two films were released within two months of one another."@en
"Sixty-one years ago, 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."
"Sixty-one years ago, 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."@en
"Sixty-one years ago, 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."@ja