Letters from Iwo Jima

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Clint Eastwood

Writing Credits

Iris Yamashita
(screenplay)
Iris Yamashita
(story) &
Paul Haggis
(story)
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
(book) and
Tsuyoko Yoshido
(book)

Cast

Ken Watanabe
General Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya
Saigo
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Baron Nishi
Ryô Kase
Shimizu
Shidô Nakamura
Lieutenant Ito
Hiroshi Watanabe
Lieutenant Fujita
Takumi Bando
Captain Tanida
Yuki Matsuzaki
Nozaki
Takashi Yamaguchi
Kashiwara
Eijiro Ozaki
Lieutenant Okubo
Nae
Hanako
Nobumasa Sakagami
Admiral Ohsugi
Luke Eberl
Sam
Sonny Saito
Medic Endo
Steve Santa Sekiyoshi
Kanda
Hiro Abe
Lt. Colonel Oiso
Toshiya Agata
Captain Iwasaki
Yoshi Ishii
Private Yamazaki
Toshi Toda
Colonel Adachi
Ken Kensei
Maj. General Hayashi
Ikuma Ando
Ozawa
Akiko Shima
Lead Woman
Masashi Nagadoi
Admiral Ichimaru
Mark Moses
American Officer
Roxanne Hart
Officer's Wife
Yoshio Iizuka
Tired Soldier
Mitsu
Suicide Soldier
Takuji Kuramoto
Ono
Avery Wada
Hashimoto
Yoshi Tomo Kaneda
Japanese Soldier #1
Shoji Hattori
Japanese Soldier #2
Mark Tadashi Takahashi
Japanese Soldier #3
Mitsuyuki Oishi
Japanese Soldier #4
Evan Ellingson
Kid Marine
Kazuyuki Morosawa
Ito's Guard
Masayuki Yonezawa
Ito's Soldier
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Hopeless Soldier
Mathew Botuchis
American Marine
Yukari Black
Mother
Daisuke Nagashima
Prisoner
Kirk Enochs
Marine Officer
Ryan Kelley
Marine #2
Jonathan Oliver Sessler
Marine #3
Michael Lawson
Marine #4
Taishi Mizuno
Cave Soldier #1
Daisuke Tsuji
Cave Soldier #2
Yoshi Ando
Excavator #1
Yutaka Takeuchi
Excavator #2
Tsuguo Mizuno
Lead Excavator
Mark Ofuji
Kuribayashi's Guard
Hallock Beals
Marine at Clearing
Ryan Carnes
Marine at Clearing
Jeremy Glazer
Marine Lieutenant
Ryoya Katsuyama
Boy
Masashi Odate
Cook
London Kim
Okubo's Soldier
Dick 'Skip' Evans
Pilot
Wanliss E. Armstrong
Pilot
Nori Bunasawa
Japanese Journalist
Rio Ahn
Wounded Japanese Soldier
Sam Arnold
Marine Ryan
Jean-Luc Julien
American Officer
Satch Watanabe
Prisoner

Produced by

Clint Eastwood
producer (produced by)
Paul Haggis
executive producer
Robert Lorenz
producer
Tim Moore
co-producer
Steven Spielberg
producer (produced by)

Music by

Kyle Eastwood
Michael Stevens

Cinematography by

Tom Stern
director of photography

Editing by

Joel Cox
Gary Roach
(as Gary D. Roach)

Casting By

Phyllis Huffman

Production Design by

Henry Bumstead
James J. Murakami

Set Decoration by

Gary Fettis

Costume Design by

Deborah Hopper

Makeup Department

Patricia Dehaney
key hair stylist
Vincent J. Guastini
special makeup effects: burn effects
Zoe Hay
makeup artist
Stefan Jorgen
special makeup effects artist
Eryn Krueger Mekash
key makeup artist (as Eryn Krueger)
Tania McComas
makeup department head
JoJo Myers Proud
makeup artist (as JoJo Proud)
Carol A. O'Connell
hair department head
Dennis Roden
hair stylist
Dave Snyder
makeup artist
Christien Tinsley
special makeup effects artist
Rebecca Wachtel
third makeup artist (as Rebecca Watchel)
Jay Wejebe
makeup artist
Roxy D'Alonzo
special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Tim Moore
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Katie Carroll
second assistant director
Peter Dress
second second assistant director (as Pete Dress)
Donald Murphy
first assistant director
Michael Owens
second unit director
Kent Tsurumaru
additional second second assistant director

Art Department

Scott M. Anderson
assistant property master
Kai Blomberg
set dresser
J.C. Brown
calligraphy consultant (as JC Brown) / scenic artist (as JC Brown)
Pam Cartmel
art department coordinator
Jaime Castaneda
greens
Jaime Castellanos
greens gang boss
James 'JD' Deal
greensman
Elixandro Diaz Jr.
plaster supervisor
James Fernandez
on-set dresser
Sara Gardner-Gail
set decoration buyer
Adrian Gorton
set designer
Steven Hanks
greens gang boss / greens (as Stephen Hanks)
John Horning
assistant property master
David Ladish
set dresser
Steven Ladish
set dresser
Gary A. Lee
set designer (as Gary Lee)
Christopher Morente
greens foreman
Michael Muscarella
construction coordinator
Andrew Nowling
greens foreman
Roger Prater
stand-by greens
Edward J. Protiva
construction / set dresser
Michael Sexton
property master
Robert Silcock
gang boss
Brett C. Smith
lead man
Paul Weakland
construction labor foreman
Karl J. Weschta
assistant property master
Will Ziegenhorn
art department production assistant
Michael Biggie
prop painter (uncredited)
Robert M. Bouffard
prop fabricator (uncredited)
Matt Hausmann
assistant food stylist (uncredited)
Wayne Lo
storyboard artist (uncredited)
James R. Lord
propmaker gangboss (uncredited)

Sound Department

David A. Arnold
supervising dialogue editor (as Dave Arnold)
Bub Asman
co-supervising sound editor
David E. Campbell
re-recording mixer (as Dave Campbell)
William Cawley
first assistant sound editor (as Bill Cawley)
Vincent Cirilli
ProTools engineer
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith
dialogue editor
Gloria D'Alessandro
dialogue editor
Flash Deros
boom operator
Michael Dressel
supervising foley editor
Juno J. Ellis
adr supervisor
Robert Fernandez
score mixer
Christopher Flick
foley editor (as Chris Flick)
Kostas Gkikas
adr mixer (LAS version)
Dick Hansen
utility sound (as Dick Hanson)
Robin Harlan
foley artist
Jason W. Jennings
sound effects editor (as Jay Jennings)
Jason King
sound effects editor
Nicholas Korda
adr editor (as Nicholas V. Korda)
Greg LaPlante
digital mastering
Steve Mann
sound effects editor
Walt Martin
sound mixer
Charles Maynes
sound designer
Sarah Monat
foley artist
Ryan Murphy
sound mix technician
Alan Robert Murray
supervising sound editor
Kevin R.W. Murray
assistant sound editor (as Kevin Murray)
Rupert Nadeau
assistant adr editor
Thomas J. O'Connell
adr mixer
Jordan O'Neill
dts sound mastering engineer
John T. Reitz
re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Gregg Rudloff
re-recording mixer
Randy Singer
foley mixer
Karen Spangenberg
dialogue editor
Shawn Sykora
foley editor
David Wolowic
assistant sound editor (as Dave Wolowic)

Special Effects by

John J. Downey
special effects technician
Mike Edmonson
special effects set coordinator / special effects supervisor
Jason Hansen
special effects technician
Brian Hillard
special effects makeup: Tinsley Transfers
Steve King
special effects technician (as Steven King)
Steven D. Kline
special effects technician
James Lacroix
special effects technician
James Lorimer
special effects technician (as Jim Lorimer)
Nick Papac
special effects technician (as Nicholas M. Papac)
David A. Poole
special effects technician (as David Poole)
Shari Ann Riley
special effects technician
Steve Riley
special effects supervisor (as Steven Riley)
Dominic V. Ruiz
special effects technician

Visual Effects by

Austen Armus
render coordinator
Ron Barr
digital opticals
Geoffrey Baumann
on-set survey and integration lead: Digital Domain
Eric M. Beaver
digital compositor (as Eric Beaver)
Joel Behrens
compositor: Digital Domain
Niki Bern
compositor
Frank Bonniwell
animator
Andrew Bradbury
CG lighting artist: Digital Domain
Matthew E. Butler
visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain (as Matthew Butler)
Howard Cabalfin
digital artist
Dan Cobbett
digital compositor: Digital Domain
Chad E. Collier
scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Janice Barlow Collier
dustbuster: Digital Domain (as Janice Barlow)
Brenton Cottman
matte painter
Shad Davis
visual effects coordinator
Eric Deinzer
digital artist
Gareth Dinneen
compositor: Digital Doman
Hugo Dominguez
rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Joshua Doud
data integration artist
Christina Drahos
digital compositor: Digital Domain
Mark Duckworth
rotoscope artist
Edgar Díaz
roto/paint artist: Digital Domain
Jenn Epstein
digital paint & rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Chad Finnerty
animator
Jay Frankenberger
compositor: Digital Domain
Antonio Freire
production accountant
Robert A.D. Frick
CG lighting artist: Digital Domain
Brian Gazdik
digital effects artist: Digital Domain
Swen Gillberg
computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
Mitchell J. Glaser
visual effects editor
Bryan Grill
digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Ian A. Harris
rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Jessica Harris
digital compositor
Marlan Harris
visual effects
Peter Herlein
rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Brad Herman
digital artist: Digital Domain
David Hodgins
computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
Christopher Holsey
scan record supervisor
Holly Gregory Horter
rotoscope artist: Digital Domain (as Holly Horter)
Heather Hoyland
senior compositor: digital domain
Chia-Chi Hu
digital compositor
Melissa Huerta
rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Steven Hur
technical assistant
Slavik IA
animator (as Slavik Anishchenko)
Atsushi Ikarashi
digital effects artist
Aruna Inversin
digital compositor: Digital Domain
Dag Ivarsoy
digital compositor: Digital Domain
Sarahjane Javelo
digital paint/rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Jaimie Lee Jota-Finnerty
senior digital coordinator: Digital Domain (as Jaimie Jota)
Gabriella Urbina Kalaitzidis
digital compositor: Digital Domain
Jeff Kim
digital compositor
Seunghyuk Kim
digital effects artist: Digital Domain (as Seung Hyuk Kim)
Viviana Kim
lead rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Tohda Asuka Kinney
lighting sequence lead: Digital Domain (as Asuka Tohda)
Michelle Ladd
motion capture director
Paul Lambert
digital compositor
Errol Lanier
digital artist: Digital Domain
MÃ¥rten Larsson
visual effects lead
Julian Levi
visual effects producer
Robert Liscombe
digital artist
Jo Lockman
dustbuster / scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Ross MacKenzie
lead 3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Michael Maker
3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Michael Maloney
digital compositor
Rory McLeish
CG lighting artist: Digital Domain
Daniel Mejia
rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Michael Melchiorre
senior digital compositor
Rohini Montenegro
3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Marc Morissette
digital compositor: Digital Domain
Daniel Moy
digital artist
Jihyun Nam
visual effects
Erin L. Nelson
digital restoration
Winfield O'Brien
visual effects production assistant: Digital Domain
Melanie Okamura
lead CG modeler: Digital Domain
Kym Olsen
digital compositor: Digital Domain
Michael Owens
production visual effects supervisor
Marlo Pabon
digital compositor: Digital Domain
Louis Paré
digital lighting artist
Lou Pecora
lead digital compositor: Digital Domain
Eric Petey
animator
Darren Poe
compositing supervisor (as Darren M. Poe)
Youngil Pyo
digital effects artist: Digital Domain / digital terrain lead: Digital Domain
Thomas Reppen
digital effects artist: Digital Domain
Penny Runge
visual effects coordinator
David S. Sanchez
3D integration artist: Digital Domain (as David Sanchez)
Christopher Savides
color grader: Digital Domain
Tom Schultz
data integration pool lead: Digital Domain
Diana Sear
cg lighting artist: Digital Domain
Jason Selfe
lead compositor: Digital Domain
Stan Seo
matte painter: Digital Domain
Lisa Spence
digital producer: Digital Domain
Tamara Stone
digital compositor
Åsa Svedberg
lighter
Sebastian Sylwan
director of technology: Digital Domain
Andrew Tamandl
animator: Digital Domain
Hanzhi Tang
lighting lead: Digital Domain
Wilson Tang
digital restoration
Fin Teo
digital texture lead
John Textor
executive: Digital Domain
Jen Underdahl
digital visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain
John Velazquez
animator
Scott Vosbury
digital paint & rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Bob Wiatr
digital compositor
Virginia Wilson
digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Deborah Wiltman
digital compositor
Michelle Winze
production coordinator (as Michelle Jacobs)
Paul Winze
visual effects coordinator
Midori Witsken
digital artist: Digital Domain (as Midori Otsubo)
Matthias Wittmann
animation lead: Digital Domain
Pam Wong
3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Niki Yoblonski
rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Jesse James Chisholm
on-set survey and data integration: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Lisa de la Garza
visual effects senior staff: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Amanda Hampton
pipeline engineer (uncredited)
Molly Hansen
visual effects business affairs (uncredited)
William Schaeffer
digital paint and rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Kristen Swanson
dustbuster: Digital Domain (uncredited)
David Wu
rotoscope artist (uncredited)

Stunts

Brian Avery
utility stunts
Dan Brown
utility stunts
Richard Bucher
stunts (as Richard L. Bucher)
Steve Chang
stunts
Ilram Choi
stunts
Arnold Chun
stunt performer
Lauren Dennis
utility stunts
J. Mark Donaldson
stunts
Colin Follenweider
utility stunts
Daniel Forcey
utility stunts
Al Goto
stunts
Michael Hugghins
stunts
Yoshio Iizuka
stunt performer
Steven D. Ito
stunt performer
Samuel Le
utility stunts (as Xuyen Sammy Valdivia)
Will Leong
stunts
Scott Leva
utility stunts
Eddie Matthews
stunt performer
Mark McDaniels
utility stunts
Dustin Meier
stunts (as Dustin J. Meier)
Anthony Molinari
utility stunts
T. Ryan Mooney
utility stunts
Thomas Isao Morinaka
stunt performer
Samuel Reynolds
utility stunts
Simon Rhee
stunt performer
Sam Situmorang
stunts
McKay Stewart
stunts
Dennis Y. Takeda
stunt performer (as Dennis Yukio Takeda)
Chris Torres
utility stunts
Jon Valera
stunts (as John Valera)
Buddy Van Horn
stunt coordinator
Tyler Vogt
utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Kirk Bales
dolly grip
Buzzy Burwell
lamp operator
Stephen S. Campanelli
camera operator
Trevor Carroll-Coe
film loader
Robert Chinello
grip
Bill Coe
first assistant camera: "a" camera
David S. Cox
camera p.a.
Doug Dole
grip
Julie Donovan
first assistant camera: "b" camera
Ross Dunkerley
gaffer
Jason C. Fitzgerald
additional set lighting technician
Sheila Greene
set electrician
Mitch Gulbin
grip
John Lacy
assistant chief lighting technician
David Luckenbach
camera operator: "b" camera
Richard Masino
first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Bobby McMahan
second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Robert A. McMahan)
Brian Minzlaff
lamp operator
Liz Radley
camera operator: high definition camera
Wally Rowell
rigging electrician
Charles Saldana
key grip
T. Daniel Scaringi
key rigging grip
Bruce D. Spellman
grip
Aaron Atom Vyvial
rigging grip
Doug Wall
best boy grip
Merie Weismiller Wallace
still photographer

Casting Department

Barbara Harris
adr voice casting
Laura Drake Mancini
extras casting assistant
Geoffrey Miclat
casting associate
Yumi Takada
casting associate
Dixie Webster
extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Corey Bronson
set costumer
Ann Culotta
set costumer
Daniel Dirks
set costumer (as Danny Dirks)
Matthew Jerome
costumer
Mitchell Ray Kenney
costume supervisor (as Mitchell Kenney)
Andrea Knaub
set costumer (as Andrea R. Knaub)
Jack Taggart
head ager and dyer
John M. 'Jack' Wright
costume supervisor (as Jack Wright)

Editorial Department

Ron Barr
digital intermediate editor
Susan Bliss
post script services
Jill Bogdanowicz
digital film colorist
Michael Cipriano
assistant editor
Bruce Lomet
digital intermediate producer
Blu Murray
first assistant editor
Hailey Murray
post-production assistant
Tim Safarik
dailies: Colorist
Mark Sahagun
digital editor
Kurt Smith
color timer

Location Management

Steve Beimler
location manager
Tom Hogan
key assistant location manager
Tom Hogin
key assistant location manager
Linda Kai
key assistant location manager
Jim Wheelan
assistant location manager: Barstow, Pisgah locations (as James H. Wheelan)

Music Department

Robert Fernandez
scoring mixer
Donald Harris
music editor (as Don Harris)
Andrew McCormack
musician: piano
Lennie Niehaus
conductor / orchestrator
Ryan Robinson
scoring technical support engineer
Richard Wheeler Jr.
scoring crew

Script and Continuity Department

Yuki Ishimaru
script translator
Mable Lawson-McCrary
script supervisor (as Mable Lawson McCrary)

Transportation Department

Nicholas Acquaviva
driver
Michael DePue
driver: generator
Doug Dovichi
driver
Per Jansson
production driver
Shelly Little Feather
driver
Chuck Martinez
driver
Alana McGaughy
transportation captain (as Alana Stelling)
Mike Ortiz
driver: greens
Yvette Peterson
driver
Frank Porras
transportation
Kirk Roberts
transportation
Domiciano Rodriquez
transportation co-captain
Larry Stelling
transportation coordinator
Ron Windred
driver
Dillin Craig
driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Yoshi Ando
adr voice artist
Michael Bilog
first assistant accountant
Ben Bohling
assistant: Mr. Spielberg
Brinton Bryan
key set production assistant
Paul A. Calabria
animal wrangler (as Paul Calabria)
James D. Dever
military technical advisor: Japan/USA
Hitomi Durant
production assistant
David Fencl
key armorer
Michaël Gojon dit Martin
armorer
Jason Gondek
production accountant
Danielle Hartzell
assistant production coordinator
Leo Hernandez
security supervisor (as Leo A. Hernandez)
Judie Hoyt
production executive: Malpaso (as Judie G. Hoyt)
Kiko Ireton
cultural advisor: Japan
Yuki Ishimaru
interpreter
Nancy G. James
key craft service
Don Kincade
set production aide
Thomas Longo
extras coordinator
Deana Lou
assistant: Mr. Eastwood
Kristie Macosko Krieger
assistant: Mr. Spielberg (as Kristie Macosko)
John Malakoff
production travel consultant
Jessica Meier
additional assistant production office coordinator
Matt Miller
additional set production assistant
Meg Mimura
technical advisor
Tom Minder
assistant military advisor / assistant military technical advisor
Steven R. Molen
head of production
Joy Nakagawa
interpreter
Greg Newman
assistant: Mr. Lorenz
Alexander Nicksay
high definition coordinator
Phyllis Overall
staff assistant
Nick Papac
armorer
Denise Anderson Poore
production assistant
Ferguson Reid
set medic (as Dr. Ferguson Reid)
Ron Resch
set medic (as Ronny Resch)
Jenniphur Ryan
assistant: Mr. Eastwood
Gian Sardar
assistant: Mr. Haggis
Taffy Schweickhardt
payroll accountant
Karen Shaw
production coordinator
Takae Shimizu
interpreter
Yoshiaki Shioya
english coach: Japan (as Yoshi Shioya)
Linda Stelling
set medic
Miker Stovall
additional assistant production coordinator
Yoshikuni Taki
production supervisor: Japan
Quay Terry
assistant military technical advisor (as SSgt. Quay Terry Ret.)
Landon Trawny
accounting clerk
John Trujillo
layout board
Stephanie Whallon
second assistant accountant
Robert Boas
i/o support (uncredited)
Hideo Kimura
adr voice artist (uncredited)
Natsuko Toda
subtitle translator: japanese (uncredited)
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