The conquest of Iwo Jima, shown from an American view in "Flags of our Fathers" and from the Japanese side in "Letters from Iwo Jima", was the most brutal and pointless of the Second World War.

以美国视角展现的《父辈的旗帜》和日本立场拍摄的《硫磺岛的来信》，表现的都是二战中最为惨烈和无意义的琉璜岛战役。

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In 2006, the film Letters From Iwo Jima increased 74% in the same time frame.

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And the production as a whole, "Flags of Our Fathers" together with "Letters From Iwo Jima, " speaks more eloquently still -- of epic folly and shared tragedy, of purblind imperatives and dire necessity.

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