Letter from Iwojima, story about friendship, loyalty, and honor

Letter from Iwojima received 4 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. Named 2006's best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review. Also known as "Red Sun, Black Sand.". Letter from Iwojima based on the nonfiction books "Gyokusai sōshikikan" no etegami by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and So Sad To Fall In Battle: An account of War.

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Described this film with three words= “friendship, loyalty, and honor.” All begins from 2nd world war, when US troops invasion to Japan, setting in Iwojima Island. Poor nutrition and unsanitary conditions take their toll on the garrison; many die of dysentery. The Japanese beach defenses are quickly overcome and the attack turns to the defensive positions on Mount Suribachi. General Kuribayashi orders a retreat northward, but the Suribachi commander instead orders his men to commit suicide; Kuribayashi saves Saigo's life a third time. Kuribayashi and his remaining troops launch their final attack, and Kuribayashi is critically wounded. Summoning his last reserves of strength, the very weak Kuribayashi asks Saigo to bury him so that nobody will find him. Kuribayashi draws his pistol and shoots himself in the chest. Saigo carries away the dead general and buries his body.

This film already received best critic from Rolling Stone= “Eastwood's direction here is a thing of beauty, blending the ferocity of the classic films of Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) with the delicacy and unblinking gaze of Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story).”