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Letters from Iwo Jima (硫黄島からの手紙, Iō Jima Kara no Tegami?) is a 2006 Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning, critically-acclaimed[1][2][3] war film directed by Clint Eastwood whose cast includes Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. Letters portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers which depicts the same battle from the American viewpoint. The film is almost entirely in Japanese but was made and co-produced between an American and Japanese production company.

The film was released in Japan on December 9, 2006 and received a limited release in the United States on December 20 in order to compete for the 79th Academy Awards. It was subsequently released in more areas of the U.S. on January 12, 2007, and was released in most states by January 19.
The film is based on the nonfiction books Picture Letters from Commander in Chief [4] by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (portrayed on screen by Ken Watanabe) and So Sad To Fall In Battle: An Account of War [5] by Kumiko Kakehashi about the Battle of Iwo Jima. While some characters such as Saigo are fictional, the overall battle as well as several of the commanders are based upon actual people and events. (less info)