Letters from Iwo Jima vs The Last Samurai
Letters from Iwo Jima and The Last Samurai are tied on audience score (7.5/10). Letters from Iwo Jima is the shorter watch at 2h 21m compared with 2h 34m. The Last Samurai is the older of the two (2003 against 2006). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Last Samurai| Letters from Iwo Jima | The Last Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 21m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, Drama, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Clint Eastwood | Edward Zwick |
| Main cast | Ken Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Shido Nakamura, Luke Eberl, Ryo Kase | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton |
Synopsis
Letters from Iwo Jima
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.
The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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