Letters from Iwo Jima
February 5th, 2007I have rarely made it to the movies these past many months, but my husband wanted to see Letters from Iwo Jima, so we went today. “How did you like it?” he asked afterward. Trying to keep my voice steady, I answered, “I thought it was excellent… but it’s one of those movies I’ll watch only once.” It was that emotionally wrenching.
The movie depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of a private in the Japanese army. I don’t think it’s a spoiler if I say that the movie conveys both the horror of war, and the horror of being trapped in a situation you never thought possible, with no way out.
The acting was very well done. We are all Ken Watanabe fans here, but Kazunari Ninomiya did a superb job portraying the private Shigo.
In all… highly recommended, at least once.
Posted on: Monday, February 5th, 2007 at 6:17 am
Categories: General.
February 7th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Don’t miss Dream Girl’s on the big screen, it’s fantastic.
March 8th, 2007 at 10:54 am
is this an old movie? i heard about it a looooong time ago but i didn’t hear anything about it after that….i suppose it is rather….done.
March 8th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
No, it’s newish — released in December, I think, though long since gone from theaters, I suppose.
May 30th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Clint Eastwood made two movies at the same time about the battle of Iwo Jima — ‘Flags of Our Fathers’ from the American perspective and ‘Letters from Iwo Jima’ from the Japanese perspective.
They are both well worth seeing. But, be warned, they are not feel-good movies.
-CW
May 30th, 2007 at 8:36 am
I’ve seen them both and I agree.