> *Spoiler*
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_Iwo_Jima
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> "The film begins in the present on Iwo Jima. Japanese archaeologists,
> exploring tunnels dug prior to the American invasion, find a site and
> the scene changes to Iwo Jima in 1944.
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> General Kuribayashi inspecting the island defenses in Iwo Jima.Private
> First Class Saigo, a baker conscripted into the Imperial Japanese
> Army, and his platoon are grudgingly digging beach trenches on the
> island. Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrives to
> take command of the garrison, accompanied by his ADC, Lieutenant
> Fujita. Met by the island's naval commander, Rear Admiral Ohsugi, and
> the deputy army commander, Major General Hayashi, he immediately
> begins an inspection of the island defenses. In particular, he orders
> the men to stop digging trenches on the beach and begin tunnelling
> defenses into Mount Suribachi. Kuribayashi encounters Captain Tanida
> beating Saigo and his friend, Kashiwara, for their disloyalty. Tanida ...