War is always a horrible thing. no matter how glorified it is with the media and video games. My grandfather was supposed to be deployed from reserves to the defense of the main islands but luckily the war ended. He still has his uniform and pictures of him and his group. he counts his blessings every day that he was able to raise a great family and the reason i exist today.
The best thing I feel a war movie can do is condemn the cruelty and madness that is war but commend the bravery it takes for the men and women who fight them. Very few have done it better than Letters From Iwo Jima.
I think one the greater themes of the movie, is showing how the mindset of the Japanese soldiers going through this war, being specifically stationed on that desolate island, is that they will NOT go home. A tough mindset indeed, knowing they don't even have a chance to survive. While on the other hand, the American soldiers, how they're just battling through the war, waiting to go home and get it over with with this war. How they value each soldier's life. Pretty much the comparisons.
Többször megnéztem már, nagyon jó film, sokkal több Oscar-díjat kaphatott volna, nem csak egyet. Clint Eastwood egyik legjobb rendezői munkája. Dicséretes a történések japán szemszögből való bemutatása, így láthatja az ember, hogy nemcsak vérszomjas fenevadakból állt a japán hadsereg. Sőt, igazán átérezhetjük, milyen is volt vállalni a reménytelen harcot a többszörös túlerővel, a nyomasztó légifölénnyel, a nagyobb számú páncélossal szemben. Ha előzőleg nem kap egy óriási arculcsapást a japán flotta és légierő az Északi-Mariana-szigeteknél, talán nagyobb esély lett volna Ivo Dzsima sikeres megvédésére. Kuribajasi nagyon jól tudta, hogy nincs esélye az amerikai haderővel szemben, de nem szállt vitába sem a császárral, sem a miniszterelnökkel, hanem jó katonaként tette a dolgát. Remélem, hogy az ő és minden elesett katona lelke is békére lel egyszer. Béke az egész világra!
Just a random guy wanting to study filmmaking for sure there’s also the longest day Patton tora tora tora Black Hawk Down green zone saving private Ryan last samurai and others
Just rewatched it again tonight and the memories and emotions I must have felt sort of resurged for me. Letters from Iwo Jima and Das Boot are the only movies which really tear-jerked me.
Listened to this while doing research to argue against an over-patriotic Englishman who believes that Axis soldiers do not deserve respect. Found frightening accounts of Americans mutilating dead Japanese soldiers by using their skulls as hood ornaments and other bones as war trophies. They also rarely took Japanese prisoners as the officers at their own will (against orders) shot Japanese dead despite their surrender. They also beat German naval men senselessly to death. Frightening! Love this!
+Starlancer98 I'm no authority but I consider the Japanese genocide of 6,000,000 Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Filipinos, and Indochinese during their land grab while conquering the pacific and the 100,000 + allied prisoners of war that were tortured and executed during the allied counter offensive pushing the Japanese back to Japan. As pretty legitimate justification for a war, unless of course you think Japanese lives were more important than other peoples lives and that they had the authority to invade and subjugate sovereign states. Were there honorable soldiers in the Japanese army? Yes to be sure, many like the Germans were simply fighting for the preservation of their families and homes, or were against the war but were drafted. Unfortunately those of these that can be empathized with cannot fight for what ever personal reasons they hold without at the same time fighting for the agenda of their government which was poisonous
+Silas Wilson not to mention that Japan's invasion of China during the second sino Japanese war weakened the KMT (Kuomintang), which got destroyed by the CCP (Chinese communist party) after WWII. China is a communist nation practically because of the Japanese. We still have Taiwan though.
Japanese did torture worser than Neo-Nazi and did they it to Chinese Civilians, Captured prisoners of war from allied forces, russians, koreans, phillipines, etc that involved. Look up Unit 731
it was wise of Clint Eastwood to portray the Japanese side of the Battle of Iwo Jima through this movies. It was actually a spinoff of the earlier movie "Flags of our fathers" of the same battle on the American perspective.
At times like this it hits home. I'm currently serving in the military and I'm proud of what I've done and what I will do in the future, but I wont forget the sacrifice so many before me have made for this amazing country we live in. I pray for all men and women in uniform and my God bless us all
This movie is SO sad!! I feel so sorry for the Japanese soldiers. Because of this movie, I see the enemy soldiers as just men who are fighting for their county as well, just like our veterans. They are truly veterans, too.
Film magnifique et très profond de sens ... La lettre fait trace et ce film est chargé d'émotions et pour tous ceux qui aiment ce Japon est une belle oeuvre!!! Vive le respect qui n'est(naît) que si on l'entretient et je suis sûr que ce bel hommage en est un! La guerre est la pire Chose que l'Homme est inventée mais que faire pour protéger un pays , un archipel à part de défendre sa patrie , sa famille et peut être même son honneur? Bref cet acteur qui a aussi joué dans Le dernier Samouraï est un de mes acteurs préférés et joue bien le rôle du général empli de sens de la bataille et surtout de l'HONNEUR ... chose qu'aujourd'hui j'espère nous garderons . Merci d'avoir lu. cdlt
Cuenta aflicción y melancolía en estas notas por los héroes que estubieron esos días japoneses y Estadounidenses por los que dejaron su último día aquí y por los que aún viven como sobrevivientes me eriza el corazón estas notas tan tan profundas.... Desde México asta iwojima
war isnt change anything but no one is enemies but enemies is who lead them for, friend and enemies is no different we are same person same to survive no matter what
Somehow...from deep inside...I always had this great admiration and respect for the Japanese people. I asked my friends what was their take on Japanese people and they all have the same respect. It comes from a place that I can not describe and neither any of my friends could. It's just a respect and admiration...maybe because they treat their elderly so admirably...
You reap what you sow: force answers force, war breeds war, and death only brings death. To break this vicious circle one must do more than act without any thought or doubt!
@TheLuckyShamrock8 I totally agree. I thought the notes were pure genius when I first heard them at the start of the movie before the movie even settled into the 1945 part of the story story.
Joli et intéressant film plein de tristesse .grand réalisateur clint et grand acteur watanabe et jolie music de film . C'est malheureux beaucoup de gens paient de leurs vies les folies des autres ...
To everyone who is fighting or has faught and died for there country I don’t know you and I know I will never have the chance to get to say hello to you or thank you for everything that you’ve done for you’re respective homes but I love you and I care about you Sinsearly Just a girl from the USA 🇺🇸
I felt pity for the japanese soldiers where they are forced to serve for country even they dont want. As a result, all died by suicide for glory. RIP soldiers of Iwo Jima, and the USA brothers.
けいじ浅川, this was just wrong. With mechanical shit instead of real warfare, charging reinforced positions for inevitable death? And the size of the opposing G.I.s: 160 vs 180. The last ones were armed with M1s and Thompsons. Were fresh, well-fed, highly and adaptively trained. With extensive artillery support. And Japan eventually got what it was fighting for. But lost too much of genetic potential and heritage.
But look what they accomplished. The Japanese are a selfless people and they showed it in WWII. They all gave thier live to protect thier country and posterity and that's commendable enough for me.
its war is no fair fight but they die it may force to fight but they dont want die cowardly but they want die in vain even if they cant but their hearts brave for what we saw
I feel sorry for Japanese G.I.s and common folks. They did not deserve that fate. Futile death. Everything in that movie is euphemized truth. It was even worse. I know the TRUE history... And the betrayal by USSR...
Agree. Today, I feel sorry for us in the U.S. in a similar situation. At one time a good, proud nation, but soon under a hate-filled, ignorant, racist dictator with no morals, who "loves" war and nuclear weapons, and who thinks he is a god.
@brian56444 I learned to play this by ear on the Piano, and thats only because we have one in my dorm, first thing that I ever did on a piano. it really is not too hard.
Yup.. at the end of the day we all have the same concerns: Chief among them where the next mortgage/rent is coming from.. how many minutes are left on the family cell plan.. and what we're eatin' for dinner tonight. If we only took the time to talk to each other & realize that most of what we believe about each other & each other's intentions is political afront, staged ironically by men with which we have less in common, we'd get along better for realizing just how similar our lives are.
SEMPER FI NEVER FORGET WHAT HAPPENED THERE, OR WE ARE CONDAMNED TO REVIVE IT. THIS MAKES ME CRY, FOR ALL MARINES, IMPERIAL SOLDIERS AND OTHERS WHO DIED THERE, AND DURING ALL THE WAR. AND CLINT EASTWOOD MADE THE GREATEST MOVIES ON PACIFIC WAR. PEACE, NEVER FORGET YOUR HISTORY, IT'S A DUTY OF MEMORY.
This means for some men of war returned to their home and some has not returned.....I hope war isn't the way to solve the matter that's why I hate violence in all kind of ways
@hastati88 This movie is excellent, and is a companion to flags of our fathers. The movie from the american point of view. They were shot back to back. It really shows how good a director Clint Eastwood is.
I don’t care what side thought they were right and who claimed the other was evil.. in the end real man fought not all wanted to not all chose to but some did and some expected others to feel the same way about the war they did. But in the end it was a war that both sides lost crazy numbers to and many family we’re striped of love ones. And for those who survived are here now to tell the stories of those who did not. Both side did crazy dishonorable things but in the end their is no good or evil this is only blind loyalty to leaders that justify their agendas in the cost of lives that are not there own. The true hero’s are in both sides with the sacrifice they all made to do what they felt was right. Nothing in war can be justified if it to take another life. This movie shows war has another side to just what we call an enemy as they are human and we all are human. The Japanese have done crazy crazy things in this war but are not the only ones we have done our fair share and so have the Germans but in every war it is the people that fight that are the hero’s regardless of witch side and only leaders are the true enemy.
Sadly, it wasn't shown, why japanese held this little island so recklessly. The reason was simple - Iwo Jima shall (and later) became an airbase for aerial strikes on Japan. On 10 March 1945 USA Airforces had bombed Tokyo from there, causing from 80.000 to 100.000 people. Later with air raids they desolate many other places in japanese homeland. General Kuribayashi was aware of it - and attempt last desperate attack in order to silence airbase as well as save tousands of his countymen. It failed, though. I never have any sympathy for their country and its politic - but I heartly admire the last stand of this people.
funny how this comes from a filipino...didnt the japanese empire screw over ur country during that time??? i dk why ppl say stuff like long live empire of japan cuz it really was a pretty messed up and crazed government... the point of letters from iwo jima is to show the war from a different aspect...from the individuals' aspects, if u watch closely the empire of japan isnt exactly celebrated in the movie...so u guys are missing the point
