Letters from Iwo Jima

[Andyman]

Originally Posted by botrytis

Well, they had letters from the General from the japanese side and this is how the movie was started. There seemed to be quite a bit of historical research for the movie so I think is should be ppetty accurate.

WHat an amazing movie.

Oh, I'm not criticizing the bulk of the movie, I just think that the viewpoint of that one private was pretty much not that of the mainstream Japanese.

If you've seen both movies, it's interesting at how some of the scenes overlap.