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Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
· Movie
· 141 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #486
- IMDb #571
- Google retired #929
- Rotten Tomatoes #970
- Metacritic #184
- Letterboxd #697
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1402
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #978
- Metacritic Critics #217
- Metacritic Audience #336
- Criticker #491
- Douban #488
- Kinopoisk #1094
- AlloCiné #376
- Trakt #862
Every rating
64–92
out of 100
This story depicts the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers who defended the island. It focuses on the general tasked with the impossible defense and a young conscripted baker forced to become a soldier. Through a series of discovered letters, the film explores their experiences, their hopes, their fears, and their humanity as they prepare for a certain defeat against overwhelming American forces.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writers
- Clint Eastwood, Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis
- Released
- 9 December 2006
- Country
- United States
- Language
- Japanese, English
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $19.0M
- Box office
- $68.7M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 10 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →3 major awards won · 11 wins from 21 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Sound Editing | Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Picture | Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Original Screenplay | Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Picture | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Sound Editing | Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman | Winner |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society :
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score | Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Iris Yamashita | Nominee |
Berlin Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cinema for Peace | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner |