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With Ken Watanabe • Steven Spielberg • Clint Eastwood • Paul Haggis • Robert Lorenz • Kazunari Ninomiya • Tsuyoshi Ihara • Ryo Kase • Shido Nakamura • Yuki Matsuzaki • Hiroshi Watanabe • Nobumasa Sakagami • Takashi Yamaguchi • Nae Yuuki • Iris Yamashita
Sixty-one years ago, U.S. and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, several hundred letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them, Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe). With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat.
In an effort to explore an event that continues to resonate with both cultures, Clint Eastwood was haunted by the sense that making only one film, "Flags of Our Fathers", would be telling only half the story. With this unprecedented dual film project, shot back-to-back to be released in sequence, Eastwood seeks to reveal the battle of Iwo Jima--and, by implication, the war in the Pacific--as a clash not only of arms but of cultures.
- 4 / 5.0
With Chow Yun-Fat • Jay Chou • Gong Li • Liu Ye • Chen Jin • Zhang Yimou
Set in China's Tang Dynasty, follows an imperial bodyguard named Phoenix and Prince Ping as pair of star-crossed lovers who fall in love within the borders of a kingdom. Numerous forces, including Ping's stepmother, who is also in love with him, try to keep the lovers apart. It leads them on a dangerous journey where secrets of the royal family are uncovered.
- 5 / 5.0