Winner:
National Board of Review - Best Picture
LA Film Critics Association - Best Picture


From Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood ("Million Dollar Baby," "Unforgiven") comes the untold story of the Japanese soldiers and their General who 61 years ago defended against the invading American forces on the island of Iwo Jima. 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.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures present, a Malpaso/ Amblin Entertainment Production.

This film has been rated "R" by the MPAA for "graphic war violence."