Japan Synopsis
“The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.”
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Audience Engagement
1,858 audience reviews — more than 98% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Letters from Iwo Jima. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From DreamWorks Pictures
Action + Drama in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Letters from Iwo Jima itself).
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Letters from Iwo Jima holds position #92 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Letters from Iwo Jima. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 21m runtime, production spent $135K per minute on screen and earned $487K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1909th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Letters from Iwo Jima, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- anti war · 5
- imperial japan · 5
- pacific theater · 3
- iwo jima · 1
- pacific war · 15
- japanese army · 12
- dying and death · 10
- cave · 8
- world war ii · 55
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,167 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #514 of 1,714 (top 30%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions |
| Runtime | 2h 21m |
| Release Date | December 19, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0498380 |
| Official Site | www.warnerbros.com |