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Letters from Iwo Jima

2006 War film Drama film Historical film

Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood. It stars Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yuki Matsuzaki and others.

Crew & production

Screenwriters
Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis
Producers
Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg
Director of photography
Tom Stern
Composer
Kyle Eastwood
Editor
Joel Cox
Production companies
Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Entertainment
Original languages
English, Japanese
Filming locations
Iceland, Japan, Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu
Budget
$19 million
Box office
$68.7 million

Trailer

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Top cast

15 people
Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Tadamichi Kuribayashi, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya

Kazunari Ninomiya

Private First Class Saigo

Yuki Matsuzaki

Private First Class Nozaki

Luke Eberl

Sam
Tsuyoshi Ihara

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Takeichi Nishi, Lieutenant Colonel Baron Takeichi Nishi

Ryō Kase

Superior Private Shimizu

Nakamura Shidō II

Lieutenant Ito

Eijiro Ozaki

Lieutenant Okubo

Jeremy Glazer

American Marine Lieutenant

Mark Moses

American officer

Roxanne Hart

Officer's wife

Ryan Carnes

Role not listed

More cast

  • Mathew Botuchis
  • Ryan Kelley
  • Noriaki Bunasawa Japanese Journalist

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q275187), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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