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.
The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing that they had been immortalized. 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.
'Flags of Our Fathers' is based on the bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers, which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company.
アカデミー賞受賞監督クリント・イーストウッド最新作。製作にスティーブン・スピルバーグが名を連ねる。硫黄島2部作とは、第二次世界大戦の大きな転機と なった悲劇的な硫黄島の戦いを、日米双方の視点から描く前例のない2部作。アメリカ側の方面から戦争というものを捉え、一貫し、戦争の虚しさを伝えている。善と悪の区別なく、戦争をリアルに、そして物悲しく描いた秀逸の作品。
