Letters From Iwo Jima

As "Flags Of Our Fathers" told the battle for Iwo Jima from the American perspective, "Letters From Iwo Jima" tells us the story from the side of the Japanese. Under the strict command of Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Watanabe), Japanese soldiers defended their position on this now-famous island for 36 days, most of them knowing from a battle in which they would not return. From deep within the foxholes and tunnels they had dug, these men wrote letters to their family and loved, many of which were finally received long after their deaths. Based on "Picture Letters From Commander In Chief" by Tadamichi Kuribayashi. (Jack Kelley)