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Letters from Iwo Jima
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About 2006 film by Clint Eastwood
Genres drama, war, historical
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by Paul Haggis, Iris Yamashita
Starring Ken Watanabe, Mark Moses, Ryan Kelley, Kazunari Ninomiya, Roxanne Hart, Ryan Carnes, Ryō Kase, Nakamura Shidō II
Music Kyle Eastwood
Runtime 140 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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