Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) 7/10

Starring : Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsutoshi Ihara
Director : Clint Eastwood
Running Time : 142 mins

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Watanabe) is put in charge of the Japanese forces on the island of Iwo Jima as they desperately prepare for the imminent American invasion who are trying to take the island for use as a strategic base to move their troops from between the States and Japan, but many of Kuribayashi's peers think him unsuitable for the job.

Unlike its partner movie Flags Of Our Fathers, this focuses a lot more on the lead up to the attack on Iwo Jima, rather than the aftermath and the subsequent propaganda surrounding the battle. As such it is a much more solid movie that feels like it has more direction but still, in my opinion, isn't the masterpiece many judge it to be.

You’ll like this if you liked : Flags Of Our Fathers