"The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers."

2006

2h 21m

7.5(2145 votes)

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The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

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26 members

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渡辺謙

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

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二宮和也

Private Saigo

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伊原剛志

Colonel Baron Nishi

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加瀬亮

Private Shimizu

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中村獅童

Lieutenant Ito

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Hiroshi Watanabe

Lieutenant Fujita

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Takumi Bando

Captain Tanida

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Yuki Matsuzaki

Private Nozaki

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Takashi Yamaguchi

Kashiwara

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Eijiro Ozaki

Lieutenant Okubo

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裕木奈江

Hanako

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Nobumasa Sakagami

Admiral Ohsugi

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Luke Eberl

Sam

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Sonny Saito

Medic Endo

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Steve Santa Sekiyoshi

Kanda

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Hiro Abe

Lt. Colonel Oiso

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Toshiya Agata

Captain Iwasaki

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Toshi Toda

Colonel Adachi

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Ken Kensei

Maj. General Hayashi

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Ikuma Ando

Ozawa

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Akiko Shima

Lead Woman

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Masashi Nagadoi

Admiral Ichimaru

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Mark Moses

American Officer

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Roxanne Hart

Officer's Wife

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Ryan Carnes

Marine at Clearing

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Ryan Kelley

Marine #2

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