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Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima is one of the few movies which talks about the view of the Japanese who has been tagged as the `enemy ' during the Second World War . It is typical of war movies to emphasize soldiers as heroes and its enemies as the depiction of evil and this kind of plot has mostly been celebrated in the movie industry . Similarly , the course of history to those countries that has been affected by imperial Japan the cruelty of the Japanese conquest during World War II remains as a

nightmare for humanity . Thus , the Japanese has retained the image of a cold and brutal military faction that should never occur again , making them the villain of WWII both in real life and in films

However , by means of this film , an American director attempted to bring a balanced view for both parties . Both camps have its own heroes and villains within , suffering the same atrocity of war . Being a rare - if not the only one - Japanese war movie to be released in the mainstream and directed by an American , there are some known facts from the WWII that are challenged by this film . For one , the Pacific War is famously dubbed as the War with Japan ' giving the impression that it is a battle of the world against the imperial Asian nation . The film portrayed otherwise , since Japanese soldiers are the central characters on this film , it depicted a battles which can be compared to David Goliath...