Today, this movie made me cried. The battle of the island, Iwo Jima between United States and Empire of Japan. Suicides...killings.....deaths.....emotions....The letters of the died soldiers are left to bring their hope home......the hope of returning home......In the movie, a japanese officer told his men.....do what was right.............the commander of Iwo Jima told his men before he lead the last charge himself.......a day will come when they will weep and pray for your souls.......i will always be infront of you.........and when the commander was going to shoot himself while lying on the ground.....alone with the main character, he asked the soldier....is this still japan?........then shot himself..........the second starring character ......saigo....the ordinary soldier....survived.....the last moment was him lying at the beach on a stretcher with other wounded US marine soldiers.....before he left the cave.....he buried the letters of hope...into the cave....which later being discovered in 2005......shown in the movie...........hope......in letters.......letters of hope....That is my philosophy