LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Director: Clint Eastwood

Notable Actors: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya

Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, National Board of Review Awards for Best Picture, Japan Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film

Year: 2006

IMDB Score: 7.9/10 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%

Photo-credit: Wikipedia

This Japanese language-American war film portrays the campaign of Iwo Jima from the Japanese soldiers perspective, which acts as the companion to Flags of our Fathers - the American perspective. Private First Class Saigo, who was just an ordinary baker, experiences the horrors of war and looks to General Kuribayashi to lead them into battle. The film received widespread praise for its direction, story and portrayals of good and bad during wartime.

OSCAR WINNER:Best SoundNominated for four Academy Awards, including "Best Picture," Clint Eastwood's "Letters From Iwo Jima" tells the untold story of the Ja...