--- product_id: 49116955 title: "Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima [2 Film Collection] [DVD]" price: "588091₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/49116955-flags-of-our-fathers-letters-from-iwo-jima-2-film store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima [2 Film Collection] [DVD] **Price:** 588091₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima [2 Film Collection] [DVD] - **How much does it cost?** 588091₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/49116955-flags-of-our-fathers-letters-from-iwo-jima-2-film) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Two war dramas directed by Clint Eastwood. 'Flags of Our Fathers' (2006) is based on the book by James Bradley and Ron Powers. In February 1945, even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without fanfare or glory. 'Letters from Iwo Jima' (2006) is based on the book 'Picture Letters from Commander in Chief' by Tadamichi Kuribayashi. The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favour the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. desertcart.co.uk Review Thematically ambitious and emotionally complex, Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers is an intimate epic with much to say about war and the nature of heroism in America. Based on the non-fiction bestseller by James Bradley (with Ron Powers), and adapted by Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis (Jarhead screenwriter William Broyles Jr. wrote an earlier draft that was abandoned when Eastwood signed on to direct), this isn't so much a conventional war movie as it is a thought-provoking meditation on our collective need for heroes, even at the expense of those we deem heroic. In telling the story of the six men (five Marines, one Navy medic) who raised the American flag of victory on the battle-ravaged Japanese island of Iwo Jima on February 23rd, 1945, Eastwood takes us deep into the horror of war (in painstakingly authentic Iwo Jima battle scenes) while emphasizing how three of the surviving flag-raisers (played by Adam Beach, Ryan Phillippe, and Jesse Bradford) became reluctant celebrities – and resentful pawns in a wartime publicity campaign – after their flag-raising was immortalized by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the most famous photograph in military history. As the surviving flag-raisers reluctantly play their public roles as "the heroes of Iwo Jima" during an exhausting (but clearly necessary) wartime bond rally tour, Flags of Our Fathers evolves into a pointed study of battlefield valor and misplaced idolatry, incorporating subtle comment on the bogus nature of celebrity, the trauma of battle, and the true meaning of heroism in wartime. Wisely avoiding any direct parallels to contemporary history, Eastwood allows us to draw our own conclusions about the Iwo Jima flag-raisers and how their postwar histories (both noble and tragic) simultaneously illustrate the hazards of exploited celebrity and society's genuine need for admirable role models during times of national crisis. Flags of Our Fathers defies the expectations of those seeking a more straightforward war-action drama, but it's richly satisfying, impeccably crafted film that manages to be genuinely patriotic (in celebrating the camaraderie of soldiers in battle) while dramatising the ultimate futility of war. Eastwood's follow-up film, Letters from Iwo Jima, examines the Iwo Jima conflict from the Japanese perspective. Critically hailed as an instant classic, Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima is a masterwork of uncommon humanity and a harrowing, unforgettable indictment of the horrors of war. In an unprecedented demonstration of worldly citizenship, Eastwood (from a spare, tightly focused screenplay by first-time screenwriter Iris Yamashita) has crafted a truly Japanese film, with Japanese dialogue (with subtitles) and filmed in a contemplative Japanese style, serving as both complement and counterpoint to Eastwood's previously released companion film Flags of Our Fathers. Where the earlier film employed a complex non-linear structure and epic-scale production values to dramatise one of the bloodiest battles of World War II and its traumatic impact on American soldiers, Letters reveals the battle of Iwo Jima from the tunnel- and cave-dwelling perspective of the Japanese, hopelessly outnumbered, deprived of reinforcements, and doomed to die in inevitable defeat. While maintaining many of the traditions of the conventional war drama, Eastwood extends his sympathetic touch to humanise "the enemy," revealing the internal and external conflicts of soldiers and officers alike, forced by circumstance to sacrifice themselves or defend their honour against insurmountable odds. From the weary reluctance of a young recruit named Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya) to the dignified yet desperately anguished strategy of Japanese commander Tadamichi Kuribayashi (played by Oscar-nominated The Last Samurai costar Ken Watanabe), whose letters home inspired the film's title and present-day framing device, Letters from Iwo Jima (which conveys the bleakness of battle through a near-total absence of colour) steadfastly avoids the glorification of war while paying honorable tribute to ill-fated men who can only dream of the comforts of home. --Jeff Shannon Review: Flags of our fathers & Letters from Iwo Jima - 2 disc box set - Clint Eastwood - Excellent films, both of them. Flags of Our Fathers is about the raising of the Stars & Stripes on the top of Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II and how the iconic photograph was used in the United States to raise money for the war effort. It is a gritty, powerful, and often very moving film. I have just two criticisms: (I) I was frustrated at the film not being clear who was who of the men on Mount Suribachi and the photo, and (ii) people did go to church, especially at that time. Whilst I don't like it overdone, going to church was, and still is, a fact of life. Letters from Iwo Jima is the same battle seen from the Japanese side. The film covers very well the Death Cult aspect of Imperial Japan. It fails to cover adequately the sheer brutality of life in the Imperial Japanese Army at that time. There is none of the face slapping and physical violence that went with being in the Imperial Japanese Army. Also the film fails to cover the endless playing with their equivalent of the Ouija Board that the Japanese soldier indulged in, or, indeed, the more sordid aspect of the comfort women. Whilst I very much appreciated the absence of nudity and / or sex, I have to wonder if Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, the scriptwriter(s) and others didn't sanitise the Imperial Japanese Army just a bit too much in leaving out the face slapping, the Comfort Women, and what is actually the animist beliefs of the average Japanese soldier at the time. Add in the lack of clarity on who was who in the famous picture of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi and maybe the films are only worth four stars, but, firstly, I have watched both films more than once, so somewhere along the line they were very good films, and, secondly, I am feeling generous, so five stars it is. Review: Flags of our fathers/ Letters from Iwo Jima - Superb films, interesting to see war from both sides. Highly recommend these films to anyone interested in WW2. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B000Q6ZM2E | | Actors | Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken Watanabe, Ryan Phillippe | | Aspect Ratio | 16:9 - 1.78:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | 15,972 in DVD & Blu-ray ( See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray ) 110 in Portable DVD Players 484 in Military & War (DVD & Blu-ray) 3,531 in Action & Adventure (DVD & Blu-ray) | | Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (980) | | Director | Clint Eastwood | | Dubbed: | Japanese | | Is discontinued by manufacturer | No | | Item model number | MSE556122 | | Language | English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) | | Media Format | PAL, Subtitled | | Number of discs | 2 | | Producers | Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg | | Product Dimensions | 19.3 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm; 199.58 g | | Release date | 9 July 2007 | | Run time | 4 hours and 33 minutes | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Subtitles: | English | | Writers | Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis, William Broyles | ## Product Details - **Format:** PAL, Subtitled - **Genre:** Military & War - **Language:** English, Japanese - **Runtime:** 4 hours and 33 minutes ## Images ![Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima [2 Film Collection] [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91di+9RWTVL.jpg) ![Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima [2 Film Collection] [DVD] - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Uf0ZywNoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Flags of our fathers & Letters from Iwo Jima - 2 disc box set - Clint Eastwood *by E***R on 6 July 2020* Excellent films, both of them. Flags of Our Fathers is about the raising of the Stars & Stripes on the top of Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II and how the iconic photograph was used in the United States to raise money for the war effort. It is a gritty, powerful, and often very moving film. I have just two criticisms: (I) I was frustrated at the film not being clear who was who of the men on Mount Suribachi and the photo, and (ii) people did go to church, especially at that time. Whilst I don't like it overdone, going to church was, and still is, a fact of life. Letters from Iwo Jima is the same battle seen from the Japanese side. The film covers very well the Death Cult aspect of Imperial Japan. It fails to cover adequately the sheer brutality of life in the Imperial Japanese Army at that time. There is none of the face slapping and physical violence that went with being in the Imperial Japanese Army. Also the film fails to cover the endless playing with their equivalent of the Ouija Board that the Japanese soldier indulged in, or, indeed, the more sordid aspect of the comfort women. Whilst I very much appreciated the absence of nudity and / or sex, I have to wonder if Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, the scriptwriter(s) and others didn't sanitise the Imperial Japanese Army just a bit too much in leaving out the face slapping, the Comfort Women, and what is actually the animist beliefs of the average Japanese soldier at the time. Add in the lack of clarity on who was who in the famous picture of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi and maybe the films are only worth four stars, but, firstly, I have watched both films more than once, so somewhere along the line they were very good films, and, secondly, I am feeling generous, so five stars it is. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Flags of our fathers/ Letters from Iwo Jima *by J***Y on 17 October 2025* Superb films, interesting to see war from both sides. Highly recommend these films to anyone interested in WW2. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Letters from Iwo Jima review *by A***N on 8 January 2010* ++ Letters from Iwo Jima (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2006 ] Review [Contains spoiler!] ++ Of the two films, I would definitely say that Letters is the better of the two. The themes of the film completely reversed the onlook that I had of the events during the American invasion of Iwo Jima. Lt. Colonel Nishi once lived in America, after competing in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. One of his men shoots an American soldier, and he orders his men to bring the man in and tender him. Also, in a flashback, General Kuribayashi, the commanding officer of the Island's defence, remembers a dinner party that he was the guest of honour at, in which he is given a pistol as a parting gift, which earlier on had been assumed by his men to have been taken from a dead American soldier. A woman at the table asks him "what would you do if America and Japan would go to war?" to which he honestly replies "I believe that they would make superb allies." The film, like all truly great war films, questions the bedrock of your belief of the Japanese soldiers, as the main view that is portrayed in most war films is that of the Americans or Brits.It is a shame that the film did not win more awards, for it is truly briliant. The two twin films, Flags and Letters are interlinked, and are essentialy the same film from two different viewpoints. As a footnote, the entire film is in Japanese, with no other language options, so subtitles are necessary, unless you understand Japanese. This language choice seems somehow fitting, and I would not watch it any other way. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/49116955-flags-of-our-fathers-letters-from-iwo-jima-2-film](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/49116955-flags-of-our-fathers-letters-from-iwo-jima-2-film) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-21*