Letters from
Iwo Jima

From Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, Flags of Our Fathers) comes the untold story of the Japanese soldiers and their general who, 61 years ago, defended against the invading American forces on the island of Iwo Jima.

Warner Bros. Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures present a Malpaso/Amblin Production of Letters From Iwo Jima, starring Academy Award nominee Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, Batman Begins) as Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the Imperial Japanese General who led the resistance. Directed by Eastwood from a screenplay by Japanese-American screenwriter Iris Yamashita, story by Yamashita and Oscar winner Paul Haggis (Crash), the film is produced by Eastwood, Oscar winner Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List) and Oscar nominee Robert Lorenz (Mystic River).

In an effort to explore an event that continues to resonate with both cultures, Eastwood was haunted by the sense that making only one film - Flags of Our Fathers - would be telling only half the story. With this unprecedented dual film project, shot back-to-back to be released in sequence, Eastwood seeks to reveal the battle of Iwo Jima - and, by implication, the war in the Pacific - as a clash not only of arms but of cultures. Sixty-one years ago, US and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, several hundred letters are unearthed from that stark island's soils. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. 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. Almost 7,000 American soldiers were killed on Iwo Jima; more than 20,000 Japanese troops perished. The black sands of Iwo Jima are stained with their blood, but their sacrifices, their struggles, their courage and their compassion live on in the letters they sent home.

Letters from Iwo Jima's original score is composed by Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens. Their compositions capture the emotion of the film - the heroism and patriotism displayed in one of the pivotal battles of World War II.

For more information about the film, please go to http://iwojimathemovie.warnerbros.com

Tracks
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
01. Main Titles
02. Letters Montage
03. Preparing For The Battle
04. Suicide
05. Enemy Fire
06. Shimizu's Past
07. Dinner Party
08. Nearing The End
09. Kuribayashi's Farewell Letter
10. Song For The Defense Of Iwo Jima
11. Kuribayashi Pleads For Death
12. End Titles Part 1
13. End Titles Part 2

 

In Stores January 9, 2007

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