About World War II memories a letter "to express" letter "of sulfur Shima

【 Indigenous titles 】 Letters from Iwo Jima 【 Autry 】 Red Sun, Black Sand (USA) (working title) 【 EnglishName 】 sulfur Shima letter/sulfur Shima letter/letter from sulfur Shima 【close production company 】 paramount film company 【 product s 】 2006 【 premiere date 】 2006 December 9, 2002 (Japan), December 20, 2006 (United States) 【 MPAA level 】 United States: the R-class 【 official website 】 wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/iwojima-movies 【 IMDB link 】 【 IMDB score 】 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498380/8.2/10 (18,614 votes) of the Top 250: # 141 【 national 】 【 category】 United States drama/war 【 director 】 Clint Eastwood · lint Eastwood 【 starring 】 Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman · resort bianqian Ken Watanabe ninomiya Kazunari Ninomiya and also the original newly Chi Mai Tsuyoshi Ihara

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The failure of the naval battle of Midway, proclaimed the Japanese army during the second world war in the Pacific war began on the downfall of the road.

When the US military strong offensive sweep to the seemingly small but the flames of a formation of sulfur Shima, Su Lin-Road in (crossing bianqian) led by the Japanese army, in the face of strong United States Army's attack, but take a stubborn resistance to the policy. Sly on Iwo Jima Japanese in natural cave, mineral point, as well as digging system of road, and the US military deal.

However, in the us but must rely on its powerful military strength to resist the Japanese adopted increasingly brutal offensive.

And chestnut forest-road live knowing that the Japanese could not resist the ferocious American forces, but he was willing and Associates fight to the last minute. In fact, the Japan officers in a letter to his family, the letter had already expressed their concern about the current situation of cognitive and. On the eve of the defeat of Japan, still completely unwilling to disarm the chestnut forest-capitulation, eventually committed suicide in sulfur Shima. His letter from sulfur Shima's letter is a later review of this history of powerful ways to ...

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Just a year ago or so that the bright stars Oscar night, wish to charge a statuette of Hollywood · old cowboy Clint Eastwood, apart from the excitement also accidentally revealed in his "baby" of 1 million "conspiracy".

It seems since that time, people began to Clint Eastwood · name and a name for the father's banner on the film closely together. It is since then, Eastwood has begun to the fathers of the banner "positioned in a strive to continue the goal of Oscar glory.

However, just as everyone eyes bar consists of a few courageous United States soldiers will be inflamed when on Iwo Jima.

"Sly old cowboy" has started to own the "won" a second package--a letter from the sulfur island "--the father of the Sisters of the banner. In fact, as early as Clint Eastwood · as "sulfur Island war plan" to collect information when you start noticed was stationed in sulfur island of the Japanese Army Commander Su Lin Zhong Road, write a letter to his family.

He's the man in Japan, as well as the inner emotional experience changes have had a great interest, and would like to know the sixty years ago with more than twenty thousand who had led the Japanese hard guarding the sulfur Shima, and a strong u.s. military confrontation in 39 days of Japanese will, in the end is what kind of a person.

Fortunately, Eastwood comparison timely see Su Lin Zhong Road letter set, and James · Bradley's novel "the fathers of the banner, have won another examination of sulfur Shima battle's unique perspective ...

Background information

Sulfur Shima is a city on the Pacific Ocean from volcanic lava formation of volcanic islands after cooling, topographical, gully aspect, Cliff coastal Tower.

Only 20 kilometers north of a rough rugged Highlands, consists of a series of small hills and steep Canyon. Most of the small hill elevation, a hundred meters, Volt terrain armed guards. Southern terrain and level, there is a small piece was stepped up live Beach Terrace, barely a beachhead.

In addition, the island does not have any for a ship docked in anchorage or harbour.

Sulfur Shima is a small island, but a projectile in a strategic fortress. It just Tokyo and us new occupation of Saipan, the distance between the two is about 1200 km. The US military occupation of Saipan, Saipan has to be base-RAID Tokyo. But because sulfur Shima's alarm function, the US military on Tokyo's air has been ineffective. In sulphur Island Japanese fighters also from time to time to intercept, dispersed the United States fleet. As a general attack Japan, the US is bound to seize sulfur Shima. Security for Tokyo, the Japanese also bound to defend sulfur Shima. As a result, the uninhabited small volcanic islands in the Pacific war, becomes the Japan-us strategic ...