This may be the best war movie ever made.

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro ¨¦ bacaninha, o filme tem cenas de a??o de guerra boas, mas os personagens japoneses e os di¨¢logos n?o ajudam a melhorar o filme, s¨® as cenas de guerra salvam o filme, e nem essas cenas que salvaram o filme, n?o foram t?o boas assim.

I know this movie gonna be sad but didn't expect it to be so sad. It's like i can feel the atmosphere in the film

This was such a great movie, I love how human the characters feel! It does a really good job of letting you see and feel the mindset of a young overwhelmed Japanese soldier just trying to survive while also keeping his pride! Would highly recommend it to anyone interested in WW2 in the Pacific!

Absolutely amazing film - depicts the horrors of war and humanist moments in it from Japanese perspective, demonstrating the evilness and futility of war.

Great movie about the Japanese perspective of Battle of Iwo Jima. A little slow paced but really shows the humanity of Japanese soldiers but also the devotion to Emperor and Country.

Despu¨¦s de Flags Of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood presenta esta pel¨ªcula orientada en la batalla de Iwo Jima desde la perspectiva de Jap¨®n. Flags Of Our Fathers narraba que significo esta guerra para Estados Unido, Letters From Iwo Jima narra que significo dicha guerra para Jap¨®n. Lo interesante es que Clint decidi¨® hacer dos pel¨ªculas sobre la misma guerra, pero narrada desde dos perspectivas diferentes. Es algo que muchas pel¨ªculas b¨¦licas no han hecho para conocer mejor lo que una guerra significo para cada pa¨ªs. Eso sirve para amplificar m¨¢s la visi¨®n que el mundo ha tenido sobre las guerras mundiales viendo las dos caras de la moneda y rompiendo con el paradigma de quienes son los buenos y los malos. El cine de Hollywood ha tenido mayormente la costumbre de representar a los soldados de Estados Unidos como los verdaderos h¨¦roes de la historia, pero cada historia tiene m¨¢s de una versi¨®n. Clint Eastwood estuvo incluso en el ej¨¦rcito, as¨ª que ¨¦l tiene una visi¨®n clara sobre lo que es ser un soldado que debe seguir las ¨®rdenes de su patria. La pel¨ªcula nos muestra a los soldados japoneses como seres humanos como cualquier otro que solo est¨¢n cumpliendo una misi¨®n, pero se puede ver reflejado en ellos el miedo y la desesperaci¨®n que experimentan en combate. Lo interesante es la integraci¨®n de Tadamichi con un soldado estadounidense capturado, demostrando que los soldados de ambos no son diferentes porque al fin y al cabo son personas que anhelan sobrevivir al campo de batalla para regresar a sus hogares. La pel¨ªcula deja una clara lecci¨®n de que en la guerra no hay h¨¦roes o villanos, los soldados son solamente peones enviados a combatir para acabar siendo m¨¢rtires. La pel¨ªcula hace un muy buen trabajo en mostrar el lado humano de los soldados japoneses, haciendo que empaticemos con ellos y entendamos el temor que sienten. Se puede decir que Letters From Iwo Jima refleja bastante bien el dolor del ej¨¦rcito japon¨¦s en aquel combate y es bastante cre¨ªble. Hacerla incluso hablada en japon¨¦s fue un acierto para darle ese nivel de credibilidad porque se siente como una pel¨ªcula japonesa y es sorprendente que Clint Eastwood haya podido hacer una pel¨ªcula que se siente m¨¢s humana y menos Hollywoodense. En conclusi¨®n, Letters From Iwo Jima es una de las mejores pel¨ªculas de Clint Eastwood y una de las mejores pel¨ªculas b¨¦licas del cine por su digna representaci¨®n del esp¨ªritu japon¨¦s siendo afectado por La Segunda Guerra Mundial. Mi calificaci¨®n final para esta pel¨ªcula es un 10/10.

The companion piece to Flags Of Our Fathers, this far superior movie is a poignant and thought provoking look at the brutality of war. One of the best WWII movies to be made.

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An All Time Classic. The acting is phenomenal across the board with no soldiers story ever feeling generic or repetitive. And despite hardly any English spoken you are able to connect with each of them. The music is so simple but super memorable and moving. The cinematography is excellent. The only real somewhat shotty part is the CGI with the landing otherwise everything is phenomenal. Especially the use of shadows and lighting which really drives home the effect of watching memories rather than being there in the battle. The editing is jumpy between all the different stories but it works very well and has phenomenal pacing. I was surprised how this breaks up the action with telling the stories in between and it never felt out of place but flowed beautifully and filled with meaning and showed the humanity to the Japanese in as bleak a situation as you can get. Despite being jumpy it is absolutely worth it to show the human side to an audience who has never seen that and get past the conditioning of always seeing the Allied side. Everyone should see this once.

War is hell and this film shows it :(

The first half of this movie is 5 stars. The character building, the world building, the acting, the script, shot brilliantly, the sheer amount of insight into the things surrounding war. First half of this movie is pretty much a perfect movie. The second half turns a bit more generic war movie. Still a good war movie, with occasional scenes that are reminiscent of the first half, but man did I just want more of that first half.

The quintessential Pacific War film. Clint Eastwood masterfully tells this war story from the Japanese perspective, in a way that leaves even the most stone of heart full of empathy and sadness for our protagonists.

Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Lovely story, which I especially loved how it was all taken from the japenese point of view. Great acting along with it to make it a worthwhile watch

Story was fantastic and the characters all had great emotional depth, however, the film gets very predictable at parts. "Letters From Iwo Jima" stands as one of the more unique war movies of our time, providing a look at WW2 from the perspective of the Japanese (from the lens of an American director?). Watanabe is fantastic as always, though Ninomiya and Kase also did fairly well. The entire atmosphere of the film is very grim, and it's pretty easy to notice through the colors the lens emphasizes on. The action was also done pretty entertainingly, though it could have been improved on in some areas. The film does tend to get a bit predictable at parts, however, and it tends to fall into many clich¨¦s that other war movies bring with them. Still, though, I ended up really liking this film and thought that it stood as one of Eastwood's better films to this day.

I was hoping it would entertain me as much as 'Flags of Our Fathers' had - and I'm pleased to say it did! I'd say that aforementioned release pips this companion piece, but the difference in quality is virtually indistinguishable - both are very good films. Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya and Ryo Kase all give excellent performances, I enjoyed that trio throughout 'Letters from Iwo Jima'. It's really cool to see the Japanese point of view of the Battle of Iwo Jima, having previously seen the American view last time out. It's also pleasing that the film portrays this side of the story correctly and tells the tale in Japanese, despite being an all-American production. The film reportedly did well in Japan, which I guess confirms that it did a respectable job.

I'd recommend all movies directed by Clint Eastwood. They are thought-provoking. They are a reflection of our own humanity. They are memorable. You need to see the kamikaze mentality required of Japanese soldiers in WWII.

Arguably the greatest war movie you will ever see.

You have to watch this movie in Japanese, you really have to!