I wish Hollywood would respect its audience enough to make these types of films more often. Seeing the other side of war is fundamental to fully understanding it.
It's because he went to a U.S.A. academy and know their tactics and ways. Japanese culture due to past wars especially the sengoku period made the bushido code absolute
Not really. Banzai charges served two perposes and were generally (in the later part of the war) only done for two purposes: 1) an honourable death 2) A last ditch all or nothing assault to regain lost ground when rations/ammonition were close to beeing empty. The first part never lost its purpose. It was basically ritual suicide with the goal of taking as many enemies with them as they could when there was no alternative anymore to continue fighting efficently The second part was a valid military strategy that was actually used in A LOT of militaries all around the world in WW2. If you are forced to eather usrrender or go on the last ditch offensive depending on your enemy and nationality you eather surrender or try to break out. There were alot of comparable instances on the eastern front on both the soviet and the german side of banzai style assaults. The goal simply wasnt an honorouble death but pure survival. It is a shock tactic that is designed to break the enemies line to create eather a breakthrough eather to escape or to open a front line. The way the japanease used banzai attacks initially as the usual assault was stupid though. Althoguh our image of suicide banzai charges around the clock by the japanease is very wrong. It was mainly done because, in contrast to the burma or china frontline, during the island battles the japanease military could only retreat or fall back to a degree. Evacuation was in most cases not possible so it was fighting to the death/starvation, etc. or a suicide charge. Surrender was never an option like with most militarys.
I really liked how they made the Americans feel "faceless." As an American, there are so many movies that paint us as the good guys in the wars we fight. In this they just look like a foreign invader, no talking, no jokes, just a foreign nation invading their territory. It truly felt like it was viewed from the Japanese side. Well done.
Yeah most soldiers didn’t even get to know and observe their enemy. They were taught that they were subhuman monsters and vicious creatures than real humans.
@@bullhead900 Some were, some weren't. Most of the soldiers on any side were neither, they were just regular humans that had both goodness and badness in them.
@johnmann Actually..only a few thousand Marines died while the entire Japanese garrison was slaughtered. HOWEVER... The huge number of Marine wounded along with with the dead made up for the US having a high casualty rate than the Japanese... Albeit by a few thousand Margin. This also made the entire battle a controversy as Commanders reviewed the Strategic importance of the Island for such high Casualties
@@darkastrophel3640 It wasn't so much of the Japanese equipment, but more so thay Japanese soldiers were more experienced and fought better and the inexperienced US soldiers.
The few times I could get my dad to talk about Iwo Jima the only thing he said, Son, they let us wade in then blew us to hell and back.That's all you need to know.
brakie44820 My Great Grandfather sent letters to my great grandmother from Iwo Jima, he couldn't disclose his position so he sent the letters to "Irene Jane" and my great grandmother knew it was Iwo Jima...
My 94 year old grandfather is a third wave iwo jimma marine mortar man. Doesn’t talk much anymore but I remember when he did. They truly were the greatest generation.
My Dad’s uncle fought on Iwo Jima. He never spoke about it. He was supposed to partake in the invasion of Japan. A few weeks before they dropped the Atom Bomb he wrote a letter home stating that he wasn’t coming back. After witnessing how fiercely the Japanese fought on Iwo Jima, he knew there was no way he would live through an attack on their home islands.
@@rc59191 the whole point of film was to make you see all sides as human beings, every person being stabbed, shot, set on fire, blown to hell, all of them were just like us.. people
The Japanese were up against absolutely insane odds of 100,000 marines, 500 ships and air craft yet managed to hold their own for nearly 40 days. only 200 of the 21,000 men who fought surrendered. basically 99% of that small force defended to the last man. 3 words that sum up the japanese army....TOUGH AS NAILS!
Wrestling Fan well they did have some good tactics especially when it came to defence ( iwo jima, okinawa) and they put up a hell of a fight in battles against large chinese and russian armies ( battle of wuhan, battle of khalkin gol) Banzai charges were pretty much only a last resort when the soldiers ammunition and supplies ran dry.
Wrestling Fan, The myth of poor Japanese strategy comes from, as Tony said, acts of desperation. Basically, when the Germans or the Americans ran out of ammunition and the situation was completely hopeless, they surrendered- the Japanese would charge or commit suicide. Given the isolated nature of their island defenses, this happened frequently. Unlike in films or video games, even truly bloody battles usually involve a fairly small number of actual deaths and a HUGE number of wounded and captured, the Japanese simply skewed this scale through their reluctance to surrender. When fully supplied with proper support, the Japanese were professional soldiers like any other. Observers at the time saw what they thought were irrational, foolish tactics. This is not unlike the way the myth of the soviet not even issued a rifle developed- German blitzkrieg simply smashed through Soviet liens at such an alarming rate that they quickly ran into rear-echelon soldiers who were not armed- cooks, medical personal, truck drivers ect- and it appeared that the Russians were throwing unarmed soldiers into the fray.
Tristen Noble They might not have 6 million soldiers as they used to back in WW2, however Japan does still have a formidable military, there soldiers are well trained and they have an advanced navy and a good amount of air craft. There military strength consists of about 250,000 Active personnel 57,900 reserves, 131 navy ships which include 43 destroyers, 3 air craft carriers, 17 submarines, 6 coastal defence boats, 27 mine warfare boats. Then theres it's air force which has a total of 1,590 air craft, thats 287 fighters/interceptors, 287 fixed wing attack planes, 481 transport air craft, 757 attack helicopters and 447 trainer air craft. Japan today mostly has a military that is designed for defending more then attacking. But rest assured they would give any invader a pretty hard beat down, the Japanese have never forgotten the ways of their ancestors the samurai, and i am certain they would fight just as hard as they did in WW2.
I would say saving private Ryan is one of the best war movies out there. Mainly because several war veterans exited the movie after the first scene, not because it was fake, but because it was terrifyingly real
@@andmos1001 Saving private ryan is good but it’s also very much a propaganda movie about a small group of heroes defeating a much larger yet somehow stupid enemy. Fury is the same. Not bad movies but not on the level of this movie or the German movie Stalingrad. No super heroes, death comes plentiful and randomly. And btw. I was actually very surprised visiting Normandy just how different Omaha beach looked like… Private Ryan likely does the boat scenes amazingly well but Omaha looked so different
@@thenorthstarronin Nanjing is a myth exaggerated by the United States to justify the atomic bomb. As the same Japanese, I regret that you have been brainwashed by the propaganda. If Americans say so, why did you erase from history what American soldiers did to Japanese women during the Japanese occupation? You talk about how devilish the Japanese military experimentation was, but not about the human experimentation with indigenous peoples and people with disabilities that took place in the United States. You guys are pretending to be justice heroes, but they are actually the same demons.
because the majority of the rest of the soldiers understood their duty when they were conscripted. the lesson in this movie is, cowards tend to survive.
General Kuribayashi (who led the defense of Iwo Jima) attended an American military school before the war (most likely West Point). Soo yeah he knew one thing or two about how the Americans fight. Also, in this movie, he was depicted carrying an american 1911 pistol, which was gifted by an American officer before the war.
I've been to Iwo Jima...twice. Ive stood on that beach. Ive stood on the summit of Mt Suribachi. Ive crawled through the tunnels. It's by far the most powerful place I've ever been.
@BlackDeathViral03 Or you step on a land mine, an artillery suddenly hit you, the transmission of your tank is damaged, a shell landed on your deck and ignite the ammo rack (HMS Hood).
@johnmann Correction, more Americans than Japanese were casualties. Most of the American casualties were wounded though. The number of actual KIA was 3 times higher for Japan. Naturally, since they mostly committed suicide one way or another rather than surrender.
I had the privilege to have the opportunity to walk those sands, those hills, that mountain. Best unit function I have ever been on. The most memorable one I have experienced
We should ask th responsibility for the war forever....Their decendants should also share the responsibility for the war at least! However they do as a victim of the war without any regret....It's a big problem! They do again it any time later!
You see so very few narratives from the perspective of the enemy that I just loved this film. War is always perspective. And the victors write the history. Don't get me wrong. Glad we won. But I want to understand the opposing perspective. And this was just brilliant.
My mother's Cousin. Myron. Was a Rifleman with the Third Marine Division on Iwo. All that I know is that he went ashore 5 days after the battle started. Fought for 10 days. Was somewhat severely wounded. Was evacuated to Tinian or Guam. He would never talk about the battle. Except to my Father,who was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. Also an infantryman. They are both gone now. Myron in 2006 and my Dad in 2015.
Damn. Watching this movie again years later. The same thing comes to mind. That's one hell of a fortification done by the Japanese. Doesn't surprise me at all that the conflict lasted so long.
I've watched documentaries where the actual Zero pilots who bombed Battleship Row were interviewed. Basically, you are looking at the person responsible for killing your Grandfather, father, etc. Thats haunting.
jawed deljo And how does that make him a coward? He served his country and fought for democracy and justice against an oppressive fascist nation. He gave his greater allegiance to the United States.
jawed deljo Makes him even more of man in my opinion. He served the nation that put his people into internment camps because he knew that it was the right thing to do. He saw the greater evil as Japan. Btw, have you ever heard of immigration? Most Japanese immigrants came to the U.S. before the outbreak of World War 2. You know that his grandpa may have been an immigrant, so it isn't really "running" to the enemy. If he attained U.S. citizenship there is nothing wrong with him serving in their armed forces.
jawed deljo What if his country was the United States? You know that Japan doesn't allow Dual citizenship. If he came to the US and became a citizen, then the US would be his country.
So much suffering in this war were happend...... One day i will visit Iwo Jima and salute for our fallen allies (the japanese) and for the fallen U.S Troops! They shaped our world like no other generation I'm a 15 years old german teenager and have massive respect for all people who fought for their country! Mögen sie in Frieden ruhen (Rest in Peace)
i love movies like this because there is always to faces to war the Japanese soldiers were just like the american soldiers doing their job fighting for their country they wanted to go back home they also had pictures of their wives, sons, mothers ect.. on their wallets just like the americans same goes for the regular german soldiers don't forget the victors dictate how history is gonna be told and usually that means demonizing the enemy.
SanDisk4GB4 Yeah, but they were ordered to do so. Also, they were taught that we'd rape their asses if they didn't rape ours. Considering at the time, anyone would believe anything, I would've done that as well.
Gabriele Genota Excuse me, "Rape ours"? Americans didn't get raped, the chinese did. Japan isnt blamed for their war crimes and cruelty because of what they did against U.S soldiers, no, they are blamed for the massacre of the chinese population. When they "raped" anyone's asses it was not methaphorically, they literally raped and murdered most of the chinese women of the captured cities, so think twice before saying that you would do the same.
General Kuribayashi had been in America as a military attache, so he had many American friends. And also, he had seen the industrial power of US that equivalent of Japan can't match. So he was completely against the idea of opening war with US. Considering such circumstances, it was such a tragedy that he had to kill many American people on that island😢
Dont paint the japanese leadership as a victim in the war. they could have instructed japanese soldiers to surrender. they could have assured their soldiers that the Americans would treat them fairly as prisoners(which was true). Instead the soldiers were instructed to kill at least 10 americans and fight to the death. Instructed to booby trap dead soldiers with grenades or to kill themselves rather than be captured. They were instructed to kill and target combat medics especially.
Kuribayashi Topgun Japanese general. Honourable and intelligent. Ate with his troops. Evacuated civilians. Incredible fighting force vastly outnumbered. 99% died- 21,000 dead and held on for 40 days. Astonishing. A great warrior. A true hero. German army #1 Japanese army #2 ❤️ 🇯🇵
You say that like it's a bad thing, our nation thrives due to this partnership... Except for all the modern anti-social, hentai loving tentacles crap. Other than that, the U.S. saved us from the Soviets and industrialized the nation from ground zero.
Most of the time it’s because the Japanese fought to the end instead of surrendering. The Americans usually had a high number of wounded and missing troops but low KIA because they had medical ships and infrastructure to help their wounded while Japanese garrisons were isolated after the Japanese navy was destroyed earlier in the war. It evens out more if you take that factor into consideration
@@boobtoob2507 Correct. If I remember correctly, the allies wore down the fortress islands and then attacked with strength and firepower against the depleted IJA.
@@boobtoob2507 also when 500 Japanese troops attacked 7000 chinese garrison and killed 500 chinese while 2 Japanese soldiers were lost And occupied manchuria
@@ericvonmanstein2112 yep people forget the Japanese army, when properly supplied and equipped, steamrolled British and American forces in the phillipines, Dutch East Indies, and Hong Kong while being vastly outnumbered.
My uncle was an 18 year old Marine on Iwo Jima and turned 19 before he was in the battle for Okinawa. He died in 2009 and the Marine Corps sent an honor guard to perform the military portion of his graveside ceremony. My dad was drafted into the US Army in 1944 and was in the European theatre. He always said he had it easy compared to my uncle who fought on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
For everyone saying there is no way they could have gotten that close to the pill boxes, let me tell you firing a machine gun is a lot harder than it looks, and when you have that many charging you some are going to make it through.
Firing machine gun continuously will also affect your hearing and such. The gun barrel would overheat and tear itself without cooling it off, and the fact that your foes would most likely have other supports on their side. All of that turned into stress during combat.
There was one account from the invasion of Malaya where a Japanese soldier threw himself in front of a British pillbox and obstructed the machine gun with his corpse. That allowed his comrades to move in and throw grenades into the pillbox.
My grad father was one of those men who stormed the beach. I’m in my late 20s now and can’t imagine the courage it must have taking. Sadly he passed away from cancer in 2010. He didn’t tell me much since I was young at the time but I wish we could have been old enough to ask legitimate questions for future generations: his metals he earned already speak volumes and from what my uncles told me i understand and glad I didn’t ask further. Even after 60 years those memories still hurt:
He was still had a good sense of humor but just like my uncles from Vietnam never brought it up. He was on iwo , tinian and Saipan. All of them when he was 17- 19
Respect to him for his courage, no matter his ideals, he was willing to put his life on the line fir what he believed in. Shame he didn't wanna tell you more, one day veterans of his generations will be gone and we will have to keep their memories alive.
I like how it used the same color system to desaturate the war footage as Band Of Brothers did intil the war was over in this film . The film was not a tourism promo for holidays in the tropics with blue skys and nice beach fronts. Plenty of war footage was released in B&W while Hitlers films had many in color but we saw in B&W for that gray macabre theme to keep the focus on the oppression and death .
Just watched this last night. Interesting seeing things from a different perspective. You picture the Japanese as a bunch of fanatical soldiers who would fight to the death, etc. But not all were like that. Just trying to do their jobs and get home.
It shows empathy and historical research, an American made film but grounded in the Japanese perspective. I think it’s important to tell history from many points of view.
In the book, Gen Kuribayashi had a dream, during the final days of the defence of Iwo Jima. He dreamt of his beloved 10-yr old daughter as a toddler, and in another, she was an adult. He wrote these in his letters.
Nonsense. You needed oil. Neither Japan nor China had oil. What precipitated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was the fact their oil dealer stopped selling it to them. It was the USA. The only "Asian" country that could have countered the USA (and its oil and uranium-rich ally, Canada) would have been the USSR, but they were too busy with Germany at the time. This is because the USSR had oil. And after WWII was over, this is exactly what we saw.
This battle always inspired me as an history geek, a tale of tragic (but nonetheless pointless) perseverance in the midst of impossible odds. A few Japanese soldiers who realized no one was going to give them support, with his comrades fighting elsewhere or returning to make a last stand for their nation and the once-powerful Navy left in pitiful shambles after many errors and defeats .vs. hundreds of Marines with better equipment and almost unlimited supplies, Carriers and Cruisers with enough power to sink an island, and total air superiority. And yet, the Japanese managed to hold them back for 40 DAYS, alone and with no backup except for the Emperor's platitudes.
I remember watching a history doc and one of the marines that landed on Iwo Jima said how he had no fear of dying and going to hell because he has already been there.
@@andrewwestman2407 Thanks.When the campaign to free the Phillippines started, the Japanese used the same tactic:To yield the yard.Just because it was the Army , it didn't get the highlights Marines always did.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 The same thing happened on Guadalcanal, although that was because the Marines landed much earlier than the Japanese thought they would.
“ The flag raisers at Iwo Jima faced tragic fates after the war. Of the six men in the iconic photograph, three were killed in action shortly after the flag was raised: Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley. Cpl. Ira Hayes struggled with PTSD and alcoholism, ultimately dying from exposure and alcohol poisoning at age 32. Pfc. Rene Gagnon also battled personal demons, living a troubled life until his death at 54. Only Pharmacist Mate 2nd Class John Bradley lived a relatively stable life until his passing at 70.”
Isnt it crazy that not even 20 years ago one of the most patriotic actors of the USA could make a balanced and accurate depiction of a history about THE ENEMY. Whereas nowaday we can't even get the simplest historical facts in movies anymore without the content having been politicised and falsified. It's a sad development really.
Eastwood knew the best way to honour the Americans who died fighting on Iwo Jima was to tell the truth. Somehow today, people prefer to think of the enemy as a bunch of incompetent buffoons but if that was true, then logically the Allies were a bunch of clowns for taking as long as they did to defeat them.
I just feel like there are too many of those American war hero movies, not that they are all bad, just would like to see more movies from the Axis perspective
I think what made this movie so good is that it makes you side with the enemy (as an American viewer). After watching it you can tell that a lot of the Japanese characters are just innocent good people. The same goes for the Americans. It's the leaders who create war who are the evil ones. This movie shows that war is hell, not because of carnage, but because it shows how it turns good people against each other in the most terrible way. The film emphasizes this idea when the Japanese soldiers meet the captured American, as well as the fact that the general carries a 1911 because of his relationship with America before the war. I don't think any other war movie is quite like this one.
One of the things I liked the most about this movie other than actually showing the Axis powers (Japan in this case) in a fair note is that they also showed how Japan didn't understand combined arms which lead to in fighting between the Army and Navy.
Of all Japanese in ww2, i admire General Kuribayashi the most. Even though they lost iwo jima after a few weeks of bloody battle, Kuribayashi gave the americans a bloody nose and made their victory so costly.
Japan at the time was under the control of one of the most brutal regimes in the world, but I've always respected their soldiers in the conventional fight, incredibly tenacious.
The tactics were pretty terrible. Japan wasted countless thousands of soldiers in pointless Banzai charges and that were more about bravado than anything else. Even when all hope is lost pockets of rifle armed men can hold an enemy up longer than a thousand men charging into a wall of machine gun fire and dying in a matter of minutes. They were also terrible at adapting their tactics. If a thousand men attack the West side of a hill and get slaughtered, did they try attacking the East side instead? Nope. Just keep sending a thousand men at a time up the West side till you run out of men.
@@goatwarrior3570 They only used banzai charges as a last resort, when all other options were depleted. They believed it was better to die fighting than surrender to the enemy. Surrender is considered extremely dishonourable in Japanese culture.
I was 6 years old when i boarded a C-130 at Yokota Air Base outside of Tokyo and flew to a small island named Iwo Jima. Then as a grown adult i saw the movie and my memories came flooding back... I was there, on that island 41 years after the battle... And in my minds eye saw it all....
I dont know whats worse in this scenario, watching the marines land knowing your fate, or being a marine landing on the beach not knowing the hell that is about to be unleashed on you.
This is a great feat for Eastwood to make the same movie but from two different perspectives. Deserves more credit. Also it’s strange to watch this and the pacific then watch my hero academia. How times change because of war.
I love this movie but man does this truly under sell how small Iwo Jima truly is. This is an island you can walk from one side to the next in a few hours at most. It's beautiful but it kills me think how many lives were lost for such a small patch of land
@@arcanusluvalus1388 Yes i hope they Contiune like this i am Hyped for Wake Island and i hope the Eastern front is coming to the game that would be Awsome and of course D-Day Please Sorry for my englisch i'm from Germany
2:37 I feel sorry for that guy. That is ALWAYS me. No matter what video game it is that involves warfare. Just minding my own damn business whenever a rocket, grenade, mortar, tank shell, bomb, Insert any other bs explosive lands right next to me. That being said. I preferred letters from iwo jima over flags of our fathers tbh.
that flamethrower operator at the end could be Hershel "Woody" Williams who earned the MoH for his actions as a flamethrower operator during the initial landings.
Kuribayashi is probably the best general in applying a defensive strategy against a very superior enemy, causing many casualties. Top 5 best generals of World War II: 1- Heinz Guderian 2- Erich von Manstein 3- Tomoyuki Yamashita 4- Ivan Konev 5- Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Here's how historian Francis Pike described the landing at Iwo Jima: Advancing toward Chidori Airport, the leading Marines were suddenly cut down by concealed underground positions. Kuribayashi's death machine roared into action. It turned into a battle like no other in World War II. Japan's defenders had the advantage over attackers. Mobility, which characterized the advantage usually afforded the attacker in this era, was entirely nullified in a fight that had to be won hole by hole, pillbox by pillbox, and cave by cave. By the end of the first day of fighting, 600 Americans lay dead and a further 2,000 more had been wounded. Unusually, some of the highest casualties were engineers of the 133rd Seabees. The western beaches were strewn with wrecked machines, body parts, and mangled bodies. At 5.00 pm, a sickened Keith Wheeler told Robert Sherrod of Life magazine, "There's more hell in there than I've seen in the rest of the war put together."
Well, Among the Japanese tank commanders they believe that by yelling ''HU-TE'' to order his crew firing the gun, it gives the shell +10% Velocity, +10% accuracy and +20% splash damage ...
I do love a good war movie. Especially WW2 which is as unambiguous as they come. The Allies ARE the good guys and the Axis ARE the villains. There aren't 2 ways about it.
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I wish Hollywood would respect its audience enough to make these types of films more often. Seeing the other side of war is fundamental to fully understanding it.
I want to se a film from the Wehrmacht's perspective
@@marseldagistani1989 people would call us Nazis but I would actually be really interested in that film
You need to know both sides of war to respect what the soldiers did and also to never repeat war in the same way again
@@marseldagistani1989 there’s a series on TH-cam called dusty faces, its superb
@@natealvarez9979 people would call us Nazis if we show the SS and the death camps
One of the best Japanese generals. He opposed banzai charges and considered them to be stupid.
He was right.
It was suicide. He knew each man could’ve been utilized better than an ancient ritualistic suicide attack.
It's because he went to a U.S.A. academy and know their tactics and ways. Japanese culture due to past wars especially the sengoku period made the bushido code absolute
Not really. Banzai charges served two perposes and were generally (in the later part of the war) only done for two purposes: 1) an honourable death 2) A last ditch all or nothing assault to regain lost ground when rations/ammonition were close to beeing empty.
The first part never lost its purpose. It was basically ritual suicide with the goal of taking as many enemies with them as they could when there was no alternative anymore to continue fighting efficently
The second part was a valid military strategy that was actually used in A LOT of militaries all around the world in WW2. If you are forced to eather usrrender or go on the last ditch offensive depending on your enemy and nationality you eather surrender or try to break out. There were alot of comparable instances on the eastern front on both the soviet and the german side of banzai style assaults. The goal simply wasnt an honorouble death but pure survival. It is a shock tactic that is designed to break the enemies line to create eather a breakthrough eather to escape or to open a front line.
The way the japanease used banzai attacks initially as the usual assault was stupid though. Althoguh our image of suicide banzai charges around the clock by the japanease is very wrong. It was mainly done because, in contrast to the burma or china frontline, during the island battles the japanease military could only retreat or fall back to a degree. Evacuation was in most cases not possible so it was fighting to the death/starvation, etc. or a suicide charge. Surrender was never an option like with most militarys.
@@noobster4779 I will place my confidence and trust in the mind of that Japanese general than some pseudo historian.
I really liked how they made the Americans feel "faceless." As an American, there are so many movies that paint us as the good guys in the wars we fight. In this they just look like a foreign invader, no talking, no jokes, just a foreign nation invading their territory. It truly felt like it was viewed from the Japanese side. Well done.
Yeah most soldiers didn’t even get to know and observe their enemy. They were taught that they were subhuman monsters and vicious creatures than real humans.
War is hell.
Ikr
We were the good guys.
@@bullhead900 Some were, some weren't. Most of the soldiers on any side were neither, they were just regular humans that had both goodness and badness in them.
Mad props to Clint Eastwood for wanting to tell a balanced view of the battle.
@johnmann Actually..only a few thousand Marines died while the entire Japanese garrison was slaughtered. HOWEVER... The huge number of Marine wounded along with with the dead made up for the US having a high casualty rate than the Japanese... Albeit by a few thousand Margin. This also made the entire battle a controversy as Commanders reviewed the Strategic importance of the Island for such high Casualties
Johnman false. We had more casualties. As far as deaths per capita in a war of attrition. Iwo jima suffered more losses on the Japanese side.
@@darkastrophel3640 It wasn't so much of the Japanese equipment, but more so thay Japanese soldiers were more experienced and fought better and the inexperienced US soldiers.
@@andrewelam1728 Exactly. Right you are. I know that.
Its funny, he arguably made a much better movie for the Japanese side too
The few times I could get my dad to talk about Iwo Jima the only thing he said, Son, they let us wade in then blew us to hell and back.That's all you need to know.
What unit? If you don't mind me asking.
brakie44820 My Great Grandfather sent letters to my great grandmother from Iwo Jima, he couldn't disclose his position so he sent the letters to "Irene Jane" and my great grandmother knew it was Iwo Jima...
My 94 year old grandfather is a third wave iwo jimma marine mortar man. Doesn’t talk much anymore but I remember when he did. They truly were the greatest generation.
brakie44820 this man I knew that passed away wrote me a letter about his experience there he got shot in the back
My Dad’s uncle fought on Iwo Jima. He never spoke about it. He was supposed to partake in the invasion of Japan. A few weeks before they dropped the Atom Bomb he wrote a letter home stating that he wasn’t coming back. After witnessing how fiercely the Japanese fought on Iwo Jima, he knew there was no way he would live through an attack on their home islands.
This movie and "Downfall" were the finest war movies I've ever seen. Clint Eastwood is a genius with his direction.
Could you tell me the tittle of this movie?
@@javierdarmadi2086 "Letters from Iwo Jima"
Generation war?
Don’t forget about Saving Private Ryan has a splendid direction and performances and shows the war very dark and realistic.
Wtf? You forgot saving private ryan, we were soldiers, hamburger Hill, enemy's at the gate?, you joking dude.
Gotta love Clint Eastwood. When he wants to accurately portray history, he accurately portrays history.
American Sniper could of been better but Flags of Our Fathers, Letters From Iwo Jima, Heartbreak Ridge, The Mule, all amazing movies.
@@rc59191 the whole point of film was to make you see all sides as human beings, every person being stabbed, shot, set on fire, blown to hell, all of them were just like us.. people
@@Chuked I never said it wasn't.
@@rc59191 American sniper was filled with bs
@@marcusaurelius3487 Agreed. So was Heartbreak Ridge.
The Japanese were up against absolutely insane odds of 100,000 marines, 500 ships and air craft yet managed to hold their own for nearly 40 days. only 200 of the 21,000 men who fought surrendered. basically 99% of that small force defended to the last man. 3 words that sum up the japanese army....TOUGH AS NAILS!
Bullet-Tooth Tony They are pretty damn tough. Shame that poor tactics and weapons make them look like suicidal maniacs more than soldiers.
Wrestling Fan well they did have some good tactics especially when it came to defence ( iwo jima, okinawa) and they put up a hell of a fight in battles against large chinese and russian armies ( battle of wuhan, battle of khalkin gol) Banzai charges were pretty much only a last resort when the soldiers ammunition and supplies ran dry.
Wrestling Fan, The myth of poor Japanese strategy comes from, as Tony said, acts of desperation. Basically, when the Germans or the Americans ran out of ammunition and the situation was completely hopeless, they surrendered- the Japanese would charge or commit suicide. Given the isolated nature of their island defenses, this happened frequently. Unlike in films or video games, even truly bloody battles usually involve a fairly small number of actual deaths and a HUGE number of wounded and captured, the Japanese simply skewed this scale through their reluctance to surrender. When fully supplied with proper support, the Japanese were professional soldiers like any other. Observers at the time saw what they thought were irrational, foolish tactics.
This is not unlike the way the myth of the soviet not even issued a rifle developed- German blitzkrieg simply smashed through Soviet liens at such an alarming rate that they quickly ran into rear-echelon soldiers who were not armed- cooks, medical personal, truck drivers ect- and it appeared that the Russians were throwing unarmed soldiers into the fray.
Tristen Noble They might not have 6 million soldiers as they used to back in WW2, however Japan does still have a formidable military, there soldiers are well trained and they have an advanced navy and a good amount of air craft.
There military strength consists of about 250,000 Active personnel 57,900 reserves, 131 navy ships which include 43 destroyers, 3 air craft carriers, 17 submarines, 6 coastal defence boats, 27 mine warfare boats. Then theres it's air force which has a total of 1,590 air craft, thats 287 fighters/interceptors, 287 fixed wing attack planes, 481 transport air craft, 757 attack helicopters and 447 trainer air craft. Japan today mostly has a military that is designed for defending more then attacking.
But rest assured they would give any invader a pretty hard beat down, the Japanese have never forgotten the ways of their ancestors the samurai, and i am certain they would fight just as hard as they did in WW2.
Bullet-Tooth Tony more like deluded fanatics
So...this is the Japanese view of "Flags of our Fathers?" GREAT!
Aye!
Yeah. Clint Eastwood directed both and LFIJ was shot as soon as production for FOOF ended. Great director and I think this is his most beautiful film
What does FOOF mean(googled it didn't find answers:(
Pea Nut Thanks:)
saving private ryan was normandy beach not in the pacific
Flag of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima are one of the best war movies. Its sad that there are no movies like this today.
I would say saving private Ryan is one of the best war movies out there. Mainly because several war veterans exited the movie after the first scene, not because it was fake, but because it was terrifyingly real
Iwo Jima is solid. Flags gets far too involved with nonsense and gets boring. The characters are also not as likable.
Try: Die Brücke (1953), Stalingrad (1993) and Das Boot.
@@andmos1001 Saving private ryan is good but it’s also very much a propaganda movie about a small group of heroes defeating a much larger yet somehow stupid enemy.
Fury is the same.
Not bad movies but not on the level of this movie or the German movie Stalingrad. No super heroes, death comes plentiful and randomly.
And btw. I was actually very surprised visiting Normandy just how different Omaha beach looked like… Private Ryan likely does the boat scenes amazingly well but Omaha looked so different
what do you mean, they made Hacksaw Ridge a few years before you made that comment
As an American with family members that fought in the pacific, I have to say I have a great amount of respect for the tenacity of the Japanese.
As a Japanese I really respect that
I thought most people don’t have respect for the Japanese because of Nanking even though not all Japanese are evil
@@thenorthstarronin true but Nanking tho is just messed up
@@robertevbayekha6639 pretty much
@@thenorthstarronin Nanjing is a myth exaggerated by the United States to justify the atomic bomb. As the same Japanese, I regret that you have been brainwashed by the propaganda.
If Americans say so, why did you erase from history what American soldiers did to Japanese women during the Japanese occupation?
You talk about how devilish the Japanese military experimentation was, but not about the human experimentation with indigenous peoples and people with disabilities that took place in the United States.
You guys are pretending to be justice heroes, but they are actually the same demons.
@@thenorthstarronin 同じ日本人として恥でしかないですわ。
Just can't fathom how they fought in war with German AND English subtitles getting in the way
Those were confusing times.
@@goatwarrior3570 hello
This is a movie. in real life there obviously weren't subtitles floating in the air
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General Kuribayashi: "Dont kill yourselves"
The rest of the army: *no*
How 'bout I do *anyway* ?
What movie is this from?
@@drakZes "Letters from Iwo Jima"
because the majority of the rest of the soldiers understood their duty when they were conscripted. the lesson in this movie is, cowards tend to survive.
@@ianswift3521 “The paths of glory lead but to the grave”
"I don't know who he is, but the Japanese General running this show is one smart bastard."
- U.S. Marine General Holland Smith
General Kuribayashi (who led the defense of Iwo Jima) attended an American military school before the war (most likely West Point). Soo yeah he knew one thing or two about how the Americans fight.
Also, in this movie, he was depicted carrying an american 1911 pistol, which was gifted by an American officer before the war.
I've been to Iwo Jima...twice. Ive stood on that beach. Ive stood on the summit of Mt Suribachi. Ive crawled through the tunnels. It's by far the most powerful place I've ever been.
Considering the Island is closed off . Anyone wanting to visit the Island needs to seek permission from the authorities ...
Your quite correct. It's a moving experience to be there.
More so in my case as I served in the Corps.
Semper Fi.
"always do what is right.. because it is right" such a underrated movie. As an American I'm glad we are good friends with Japan now.
This is what happens when people in command make violent decisions. Imagine if everybody was good friends 😔
You people were good friends with them pre 1940. Roosevelt threw that away to support Western colonialism.
They don't treat us well over in Japan. Can't really blame them either.
Japan have never apologised for all the heinous war crimes, they deserve nothing
@@jayden6047America never apologized for its war crimes either.
Imagine being the first men on the beach just a coin flip if you lived or died.
@Robs most likely most of the first marines were KIA or wounded.
@BlackDeathViral03 Or you step on a land mine, an artillery suddenly hit you, the transmission of your tank is damaged, a shell landed on your deck and ignite the ammo rack (HMS Hood).
John Basilone died there.
@johnmann Correction, more Americans than Japanese were casualties. Most of the American casualties were wounded though. The number of actual KIA was 3 times higher for Japan. Naturally, since they mostly committed suicide one way or another rather than surrender.
@johnmann Wikipedia lists 6821 US troops killed and 17,845-18,375 for IJA.
I love WW2 films with a look from the other side ,not just the allies .
I had the privilege to have the opportunity to walk those sands, those hills, that mountain. Best unit function I have ever been on. The most memorable one I have experienced
good war movie....
I thought theyd show authentic actual letters from marines landing on iwo jima dammit.
So do you wanna be called Yankee?
Great movie, well done Eastwood
harri hiltunen
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こんな事がたった約70年前実際にあったなんて、信じられない…
We should ask th responsibility for the war forever....Their decendants should also share the responsibility for the war at least! However they do as a victim of the war without any regret....It's a big problem! They do again it any time later!
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@@david-qx2qz mate, then every person on this planet has to share that responsibility then.
@@homelesslukeskywalker7277 right!
@@david-qx2qz ok let me know what you did for your responsibility.
I love hearing Baron Nishi yell "Ute!"
It actually means strike (not fire)...
UTE can mean both strike and fire. Its the difference between 撃てand 討て. In this situation fire
Nah, it's what Aussies call pick-ups.
撃て(ute)
You see so very few narratives from the perspective of the enemy that I just loved this film. War is always perspective. And the victors write the history. Don't get me wrong. Glad we won. But I want to understand the opposing perspective. And this was just brilliant.
My mother's Cousin. Myron. Was a Rifleman with the Third Marine Division on Iwo. All that I know is that he went ashore 5 days after the battle started. Fought for 10 days. Was somewhat severely wounded. Was evacuated to Tinian or Guam. He would never talk about the battle. Except to my Father,who was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. Also an infantryman. They are both gone now. Myron in 2006 and my Dad in 2015.
Seeing a war film from the other side is interesting. I wish we had more movies like this.
Me too, especially Flag of Our Fathers and this actually fits well since it's on a different scenario.
Damn. Watching this movie again years later. The same thing comes to mind. That's one hell of a fortification done by the Japanese. Doesn't surprise me at all that the conflict lasted so long.
Among the finest movies ever made. My uncle was in the USN in those transport boats. He told me they were sitting ducks while off-loading the Marines.
I've watched documentaries where the actual Zero pilots who bombed Battleship Row were interviewed. Basically, you are looking at the person responsible for killing your Grandfather, father, etc. Thats haunting.
Even though I'm Japanese my Great great great grandfather fought in Iwo Jima as a USMC flamethrower
jawed deljo The fuck is your problem? I never said I was willingly able to betray my people.
jawed deljo And how does that make him a coward? He served his country and fought for democracy and justice against an oppressive fascist nation. He gave his greater allegiance to the United States.
jawed deljo Makes him even more of man in my opinion. He served the nation that put his people into internment camps because he knew that it was the right thing to do. He saw the greater evil as Japan. Btw, have you ever heard of immigration? Most Japanese immigrants came to the U.S. before the outbreak of World War 2. You know that his grandpa may have been an immigrant, so it isn't really "running" to the enemy. If he attained U.S. citizenship there is nothing wrong with him serving in their armed forces.
He must have been part of the one of the Japanese units then, they were tough fighters.
jawed deljo What if his country was the United States? You know that Japan doesn't allow Dual citizenship. If he came to the US and became a citizen, then the US would be his country.
the fact he showed the same angles from the machine gun post as in Flags of Our Fathers really ties both movies together from different perspectives.
My uncle Francis was in one of the boats unloading the marines...this movie (one of THE best films of WW2 ever made) really brings that home to me.
So much suffering in this war were happend......
One day i will visit Iwo Jima and salute for our fallen allies (the japanese) and for the fallen U.S Troops!
They shaped our world like no other generation
I'm a 15 years old german teenager and have massive respect for all people who fought for their country!
Mögen sie in Frieden ruhen (Rest in Peace)
i love movies like this because there is always to faces to war the Japanese soldiers were just like the american soldiers doing their job fighting for their country they wanted to go back home they also had pictures of their wives, sons, mothers ect.. on their wallets just like the americans same goes for the regular german soldiers don't forget the victors dictate how history is gonna be told and usually that means demonizing the enemy.
SanDisk4GB4 and you know this because you were there right?
Bullshnaga Nims i studied history and disallow the current beautiful japanese culture to blind me like the fucking weebshit you are.
SanDisk4GB4 Ok keyboard warrior. leave it to a youtube troll to get all upset with somebody else's comments. You have a lovely day sir.
SanDisk4GB4 Yeah, but they were ordered to do so. Also, they were taught that we'd rape their asses if they didn't rape ours. Considering at the time, anyone would believe anything, I would've done that as well.
Gabriele Genota
Excuse me, "Rape ours"?
Americans didn't get raped, the chinese did.
Japan isnt blamed for their war crimes and cruelty because of what they did against U.S soldiers, no, they are blamed for the massacre of the chinese population.
When they "raped" anyone's asses it was not methaphorically, they literally raped and murdered most of the chinese women of the captured cities, so think twice before saying that you would do the same.
General Kuribayashi had been in America as a military attache, so he had many American friends. And also, he had seen the industrial power of US that equivalent of Japan can't match. So he was completely against the idea of opening war with US.
Considering such circumstances, it was such a tragedy that he had to kill many American people on that island😢
Dont paint the japanese leadership as a victim in the war. they could have instructed japanese soldiers to surrender. they could have assured their soldiers that the Americans would treat them fairly as prisoners(which was true). Instead the soldiers were instructed to kill at least 10 americans and fight to the death. Instructed to booby trap dead soldiers with grenades or to kill themselves rather than be captured. They were instructed to kill and target combat medics especially.
Kuribayashi Topgun Japanese general. Honourable and intelligent. Ate with his troops. Evacuated civilians. Incredible fighting force vastly outnumbered. 99% died- 21,000 dead and held on for 40 days. Astonishing. A great warrior. A true hero.
German army #1
Japanese army #2
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"Forward he cried, from the rear! And the front ranks diiiiieeeeedd!" Pink Floyd's Us and Them
Didn't all the IJA die here, officers and all?
+Admiral Beez most of them yes
Are you thinking of "When the Tigers Broke Free" instead of "Us and Them"?
No he got it right : )
After all, we're only ordinary men.
War is horrible but sometimes necessary. But thank God Japan and the US are great allies today.
Kevin Kent ikr
The Japanese had no say in that partnership.
You say that like it's a bad thing, our nation thrives due to this partnership... Except for all the modern anti-social, hentai loving tentacles crap. Other than that, the U.S. saved us from the Soviets and industrialized the nation from ground zero.
Nah, like another countries member of NATO, Japan is a conquered nation.
Its a farce
Fun Fact: this battle is the only battle between Japan and US where US casualties exceeded Japanese casualities
Most of the time it’s because the Japanese fought to the end instead of surrendering. The Americans usually had a high number of wounded and missing troops but low KIA because they had medical ships and infrastructure to help their wounded while Japanese garrisons were isolated after the Japanese navy was destroyed earlier in the war. It evens out more if you take that factor into consideration
@@boobtoob2507 Correct. If I remember correctly, the allies wore down the fortress islands and then attacked with strength and firepower against the depleted IJA.
@@boobtoob2507 also Singapore when 3 times smaller Japanese Army crushed British singapore the so called maginot line of Asia
@@boobtoob2507 also when 500 Japanese troops attacked 7000 chinese garrison and killed 500 chinese while 2 Japanese soldiers were lost
And occupied manchuria
@@ericvonmanstein2112 yep people forget the Japanese army, when properly supplied and equipped, steamrolled British and American forces in the phillipines, Dutch East Indies, and Hong Kong while being vastly outnumbered.
この戦いで国のために死んでいった日本兵とアメリカ兵の方々に…敬礼！🎌🇺🇸
❤!
Wtf are u real japanese f**
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My uncle was an 18 year old Marine on Iwo Jima and turned 19 before he was in the battle for Okinawa. He died in 2009 and the Marine Corps sent an honor guard to perform the military portion of his graveside ceremony. My dad was drafted into the US Army in 1944 and was in the European theatre. He always said he had it easy compared to my uncle who fought on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
I love the overlapping shots from Flags. It makes it feel cohesive, like it truly is the same exact universe.
For everyone saying there is no way they could have gotten that close to the pill boxes, let me tell you firing a machine gun is a lot harder than it looks, and when you have that many charging you some are going to make it through.
yeap, it's take a couple seconds before you need to reload and reloading can take longer than shooting.
Firing machine gun continuously will also affect your hearing and such. The gun barrel would overheat and tear itself without cooling it off, and the fact that your foes would most likely have other supports on their side. All of that turned into stress during combat.
There was one account from the invasion of Malaya where a Japanese soldier threw himself in front of a British pillbox and obstructed the machine gun with his corpse. That allowed his comrades to move in and throw grenades into the pillbox.
Is that Japanese general the guy from the last samurai film?
yep
Thanks, he's a good actor
He on the new Godzilla film as well
Ken Watanabe is the actor.
Minhaj Nizam The one coming out in 2018.
wow that Nerf rocket was deadly
Lmao
Whats more is they actually existed. The Type-98 320mm mortar carried a 660lb warhead that would leave 8ft deep craters wherever they hit.
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And those that got slammed vanished into thin air.
😂😂😂
Soldiers from all sides have have resons to get back home alive, hopefully a loving family and a decent future
My grad father was one of those men who stormed the beach. I’m in my late 20s now and can’t imagine the courage it must have taking. Sadly he passed away from cancer in 2010. He didn’t tell me much since I was young at the time but I wish we could have been old enough to ask legitimate questions for future generations: his metals he earned already speak volumes and from what my uncles told me i understand and glad I didn’t ask further. Even after 60 years those memories still hurt:
He was still had a good sense of humor but just like my uncles from Vietnam never brought it up. He was on iwo , tinian and Saipan. All of them when he was 17- 19
Respect to him for his courage, no matter his ideals, he was willing to put his life on the line fir what he believed in. Shame he didn't wanna tell you more, one day veterans of his generations will be gone and we will have to keep their memories alive.
This film is a masterpiece. Just as good as ANY war film ever made.
I like how it used the same color system to desaturate the war footage as Band Of Brothers did intil the war was over in this film . The film was not a tourism promo for holidays in the tropics with blue skys and nice beach fronts. Plenty of war footage was released in B&W while Hitlers films had many in color but we saw in B&W for that gray macabre theme to keep the focus on the oppression and death .
I saw this beautiful movie when it first released in the cinema in 2006 with my dad. It's stuck with me ever since. Once the best movies ever 💔😢
Just watched this last night. Interesting seeing things from a different perspective. You picture the Japanese as a bunch of fanatical soldiers who would fight to the death, etc. But not all were like that. Just trying to do their jobs and get home.
日本側の視点から作られた作品。
この映画を作ってくれてありがとう。
脚本は日本人なのかな？？
日本人としてこの作品を違和感なく楽しめた。
It shows empathy and historical research, an American made film but grounded in the Japanese perspective. I think it’s important to tell history from many points of view.
In the book, Gen Kuribayashi had a dream, during the final days of the defence of Iwo Jima. He dreamt of his beloved 10-yr old daughter as a toddler, and in another, she was an adult. He wrote these in his letters.
I wonder why ppl don't just chill and enjoy the film?
Ruohao Li my god man are you insane, a youtube video without petty squables? thats like a war film without the war no logic
Because everyone is a (keyboard) warrior here.
because war film is the one of the most popular for commenting soldiers in the global battlefield which is called TH-cam....
Racism
俺は中国人なんだけど、第二次世界大戦中、米国と互角に渡り合えるアジアの国はおそらく日本だけだっただろ、普通にすごいなと思う
Nonsense.
You needed oil. Neither Japan nor China had oil. What precipitated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was the fact their oil dealer stopped selling it to them. It was the USA.
The only "Asian" country that could have countered the USA (and its oil and uranium-rich ally, Canada) would have been the USSR, but they were too busy with Germany at the time. This is because the USSR had oil. And after WWII was over, this is exactly what we saw.
@@MultiCappie
I agree 100 percent, can u translate the comment that u replied to?
すごくても、誇りに思っても。
戦争がいいとは絶対思わない。皮肉すぎるだろ…人殺して人間として誇りだなんて…戦争なんて辞めちまえ。
中国父さんアメリカから覇権をもぎ取るの頑張って
正直言って''互角''ではなかったと思う
I enjoyed this movie more than flags of our fathers. They’re both good movies though, it’s cool seeing both points of view.
Flags was so boring.
one of the best war movies I have ever seen. You learn so much about Japanese culture in this.
Clint Eastwood + Steven Spielberg + WW2 = masterpiece. Hope they can work togerther again in the future
This battle always inspired me as an history geek, a tale of tragic (but nonetheless pointless) perseverance in the midst of impossible odds.
A few Japanese soldiers who realized no one was going to give them support, with his comrades fighting elsewhere or returning to make a last stand for their nation and the once-powerful Navy left in pitiful shambles after many errors and defeats .vs. hundreds of Marines with better equipment and almost unlimited supplies, Carriers and Cruisers with enough power to sink an island, and total air superiority. And yet, the Japanese managed to hold them back for 40 DAYS, alone and with no backup except for the Emperor's platitudes.
I remember watching a history doc and one of the marines that landed on Iwo Jima said how he had no fear of dying and going to hell because he has already been there.
There is a saying: Give him the inch and he'll take the yard.Kuribayashi gave the yard and made the Marines pay the inch very dearly.
That’s a good way to put it
@@andrewwestman2407
Thanks.When the campaign to free the Phillippines started, the Japanese used the same tactic:To yield the yard.Just because it was the Army , it didn't get the highlights Marines always did.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 The same thing happened on Guadalcanal, although that was because the Marines landed much earlier than the Japanese thought they would.
“ The flag raisers at Iwo Jima faced tragic fates after the war. Of the six men in the iconic photograph, three were killed in action shortly after the flag was raised: Sgt. Michael Strank, Cpl. Harlon Block, and Pfc. Franklin Sousley. Cpl. Ira Hayes struggled with PTSD and alcoholism, ultimately dying from exposure and alcohol poisoning at age 32. Pfc. Rene Gagnon also battled personal demons, living a troubled life until his death at 54. Only Pharmacist Mate 2nd Class John Bradley lived a relatively stable life until his passing at 70.”
Isnt it crazy that not even 20 years ago one of the most patriotic actors of the USA could make a balanced and accurate depiction of a history about THE ENEMY. Whereas nowaday we can't even get the simplest historical facts in movies anymore without the content having been politicised and falsified. It's a sad development really.
Eastwood knew the best way to honour the Americans who died fighting on Iwo Jima was to tell the truth.
Somehow today, people prefer to think of the enemy as a bunch of incompetent buffoons but if that was true, then logically the Allies were a bunch of clowns for taking as long as they did to defeat them.
I just feel like there are too many of those American war hero movies, not that they are all bad, just would like to see more movies from the Axis perspective
Majority of their veterans and records were either killed and destroyed
Even if they tried, it would still be far too inaccurate.
There’s plenty of those. Theyre just not American movies.
Cough cough
Downfall
my grandpa was in iwo jima he was one of few who survived his regiment
I hope he served the emperor well.
Japan: So anyway, we started blasting
I think people forget the japanese ammo shortage issue throughout the war. kinda explains some things.
I think what made this movie so good is that it makes you side with the enemy (as an American viewer). After watching it you can tell that a lot of the Japanese characters are just innocent good people. The same goes for the Americans. It's the leaders who create war who are the evil ones. This movie shows that war is hell, not because of carnage, but because it shows how it turns good people against each other in the most terrible way. The film emphasizes this idea when the Japanese soldiers meet the captured American, as well as the fact that the general carries a 1911 because of his relationship with America before the war. I don't think any other war movie is quite like this one.
it's good to see a German subtitle included. the language of Japan's ally during WW2
Du hast Rechts mein Freund.Es ist sehr schön auf deutsch zu lesen.
The Japanese almost always fought for the beach. Thats why the other guys were so nervous/worried. They'd never seen this tactic before.
One of the things I liked the most about this movie other than actually showing the Axis powers (Japan in this case) in a fair note is that they also showed how Japan didn't understand combined arms which lead to in fighting between the Army and Navy.
They do in early WW2 and defeated ABDA
Of all Japanese in ww2, i admire General Kuribayashi the most. Even though they lost iwo jima after a few weeks of bloody battle, Kuribayashi gave the americans a bloody nose and made their victory so costly.
I think this movie did a good job of giving the us marines an ominous feel. Like impending doom
Japan at the time was under the control of one of the most brutal regimes in the world, but I've always respected their soldiers in the conventional fight, incredibly tenacious.
Study real history, not American propaganda
The tactics were pretty terrible. Japan wasted countless thousands of soldiers in pointless Banzai charges and that were more about bravado than anything else. Even when all hope is lost pockets of rifle armed men can hold an enemy up longer than a thousand men charging into a wall of machine gun fire and dying in a matter of minutes. They were also terrible at adapting their tactics. If a thousand men attack the West side of a hill and get slaughtered, did they try attacking the East side instead? Nope. Just keep sending a thousand men at a time up the West side till you run out of men.
@@goatwarrior3570 no banzai charge in iwo jima
@@galihprasojo40 There was at least one. It ended as you'd imagine.
@@goatwarrior3570 They only used banzai charges as a last resort, when all other options were depleted. They believed it was better to die fighting than surrender to the enemy. Surrender is considered extremely dishonourable in Japanese culture.
0:38 No one can deny this but this is the dam coolest scene thing in this movie.
This Japanese commander is a military genius. First person to actually make the American rethink twice before invading Japanese mainland's.
I was 6 years old when i boarded a C-130 at Yokota Air Base outside of Tokyo and flew to a small island named Iwo Jima.
Then as a grown adult i saw the movie and my memories came flooding back... I was there, on that island 41 years after the battle... And in my minds eye saw it all....
I dont know whats worse in this scenario, watching the marines land knowing your fate, or being a marine landing on the beach not knowing the hell that is about to be unleashed on you.
This is a great feat for Eastwood to make the same movie but from two different perspectives. Deserves more credit. Also it’s strange to watch this and the pacific then watch my hero academia. How times change because of war.
"Nobody can survive that"
"Oh but they can"
“If your attack is going too well you’ve walked into an ambush.”
I love this movie but man does this truly under sell how small Iwo Jima truly is. This is an island you can walk from one side to the next in a few hours at most. It's beautiful but it kills me think how many lives were lost for such a small patch of land
Who else is having fun in BFV?
Meee! The Pacific has saved BFV
A n i r E d s ϟ - I agree, this expansion is one of the best dice has ever released
@@arcanusluvalus1388 Yes i hope they Contiune like this i am Hyped for Wake Island and i hope the Eastern front is coming to the game that would be Awsome and of course D-Day Please
Sorry for my englisch i'm from Germany
Hans Blitzkrieg probably because you were never good in the first place¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ruling Iwo Jima with the m4 Sherman😏
2:37 I feel sorry for that guy. That is ALWAYS me. No matter what video game it is that involves warfare. Just minding my own damn business whenever a rocket, grenade, mortar, tank shell, bomb, Insert any other bs explosive lands right next to me. That being said. I preferred letters from iwo jima over flags of our fathers tbh.
Great movie. I thought it better than Flags of our fathers. Made the Japanese seem human, defending their land.
can you feel how armies enjoys those movies . 💛 with peace in their heart. as some nightmares are just justifable virtually.
that flamethrower operator at the end could be Hershel "Woody" Williams who earned the MoH for his actions as a flamethrower operator during the initial landings.
Wait I haven't seen this but is this flags of our fathers but the Japanese perspective?
Aye, it is.
It's really good. I liked better than Flags of our Fathers. Check it out. "Letters of Iwo Jima"
SpeedStick it's made by the same crew behind flags of our fathers
shooter downunder They actually shot both at the same time from both perspectives.
Yeah
Such a moving film and very well acted.
Kuribayashi is probably the best general in applying a defensive strategy against a very superior enemy, causing many casualties.
Top 5 best generals of World War II:
1- Heinz Guderian
2- Erich von Manstein
3- Tomoyuki Yamashita
4- Ivan Konev
5- Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Capitán Ginyu Including Erwin Rommel that predicting possibility D-Day landing in Normandy beaches.
You forgot Rommel.
Can u add patton just dontbadd zhukov because he only won with superior numbers
Emperor Valkorion
Rommel was a brilliant tactician and a great leader. But he lacked the most basic knowledge of Generalship: "Logistics"
Vollification I thought he was best at that part.
Here's how historian Francis Pike described the landing at Iwo Jima:
Advancing toward Chidori Airport, the leading Marines were suddenly cut down by concealed underground positions. Kuribayashi's death machine roared into action. It turned into a battle like no other in World War II. Japan's defenders had the advantage over attackers. Mobility, which characterized the advantage usually afforded the attacker in this era, was entirely nullified in a fight that had to be won hole by hole, pillbox by pillbox, and cave by cave. By the end of the first day of fighting, 600 Americans lay dead and a further 2,000 more had been wounded. Unusually, some of the highest casualties were engineers of the 133rd Seabees. The western beaches were strewn with wrecked machines, body parts, and mangled bodies. At 5.00 pm, a sickened Keith Wheeler told Robert Sherrod of Life magazine, "There's more hell in there than I've seen in the rest of the war put together."
My great grandfather served (and survived) this battle and saw the raising of the flag that’s depicted every which way
Top 10 anime beach episode
this movie moved my heart.
so great movie……！！
Why is there a homosexual in your pfp?
The one guy who yells fire every 3 seconds..
Well, Among the Japanese tank commanders they believe that by yelling ''HU-TE'' to order his crew firing the gun, it gives the shell +10% Velocity, +10% accuracy and +20% splash damage ...
Somebody 1: Let's build Artilleries quick!
Somebody 2: We can use Tanks as Artilleries also.
I do love a good war movie. Especially WW2 which is as unambiguous as they come. The Allies ARE the good guys and the Axis ARE the villains. There aren't 2 ways about it.
"DONT SHOOT LET EM BUUUURN"!!!!!!!
Gerald Deliva it's also from The Pacific
Guys, This person gets it. I was Hoping some one knew where I got that line from.
its from Saving Private Ryan its the part when they flamethrower the bunker at Omaha beach in D day
Zachary JBo from a film far more unrealistic than this one
mike poloni since it said "based on a real event/story"
栗林、
彼は最高指揮官でありながら兵と同じ食事を取りました。
島民も事前疎開させ、島民に死者は出ませんでした。
彼は知米派でアメリカのことを良く知る数少ない陸軍将校の1人でもあり、この闘いが負けることになるのを最初から知っていましたが彼は軍人として最後は先頭に立ち討ち死にしました。
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He died a true warrior's death
What was that weapon which fired a rocket and took out a Sherman called?
THAT THING WAS AWESOME!!!!
Ryan Deitch
In real life it was more of a psychological weapon than a conventional one.
Artificial Intelligence Yeah, I read about it. Was it that accurate?
Ryan Deitch
I think not. The shot on the Sherman was pretty lucky.
Lucky hit.
I JUST watched Flags of our Fathers last night, now to watch its other side tonight!
My grandpa was a marine and got shot in the back in Iwo Jima and continued to serve in Korea
I'd shit in my pants if I see these many boats coming for landing