Emotionally gripping, punctuated with intense battle scenes, all bound together by Wayne's larger-than-life performance, Sands of Iwo Jima is the quintessential WWII film.

Letters from Iwo Jima was the first American film to depict a war issue completely from the view of an American enemy.

Letters from Iwo Jima was the first American film to depict a war issue completely from the view of an American enemy.

Historians used film footage to identify one of the flag ... each and every Marine who set foot on Iwo Jima, or supported the effort from the sea and air around the island is, and always will ...

The film was a Best Picture nominee and was coproduced by Eastwood and Steven Spielberg. Iris Yamashita's script was up for Best Original Screenplay. Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase.