Letters from Iwo Jima
(2007)

Fiction

Blu-ray

Call Numbers:
BLU-RAY/FOREIGN/JAPANESE/LETTERS

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies BLU-RAY/FOREIGN/JAPANESE/LETTERS Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
EDITION
Blu-ray version
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
1419844989 111299, 9781419844980, 085391112884
LANGUAGE
Japanese
NOTES

Blu-ray Disc

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

Title from container

Based on the book "Picture letters from Commander in Chief" by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and book editor Tsuyoko Yoshido

Originally released as a motion picture in 2006

Special features: "Red sun, black sand: the making of Letters from Iwo Jima;" "The faces of war: the cast of Letters from Iwo Jima;" "Images from the frontlines: the photography of Letters from Iwo Jima;" world premiere at Budo-kan in Tokyo; press conference at Grand Hyatt Tokyo

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

Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki

MPAA rating: R; for graphic war violence

DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. (music), Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, MLP Lossless 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, BD-50

This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players

Japanese (Dolby 5.1, MLP 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned, English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

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