The Ghost of Iwojima (1959)

硫黄島

The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo Jima" asking the people who were close to him about his character and the painful memories off all those involved.

Date of release

1959-10-21

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

War, Drama

Director

Jūkichi Uno

Casting

• Shirō Ōsaka
• Izumi Ashikawa — Nurse Mori
• Yuji Odaka
• Asao Sano
• Misako Watanabe
• Toshie Takada
• Shinsuke Ashida
• Masayoshi Miyasaka
• Mizuho Suzuki
• Richard V. Stigger
• Yukari Kijo
• Zenpei Saga

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