The movie would have to be translated and/or sub titled to English in order to have half a chance in the US. There were brief moments of English, American solders talking, one flash back scene before the war during a foreign dignitary dinner, and of course the credits at the end. The movie was in Japanese and, as near as we could tell, Japanese appears to be the native language of the film. We actually liked it better than 'Flags of our Fathers'. We were moved and stirred with many emotions including anger, anger over the horrors of war. Wow that's impressive that an American made movie would become number one in Japan! Way to go, Clint! After a little extra planning and some adjustments to our schedule, we bought advance tickets and came back the next day. Further, we learned that the movie was currently number 1 in Japan. We needed to buy tickets at least one day in advance. We went to the Ginza area of Tokyo and, to our surprise, the movie was completely sold out. As luck would have it, we going to Japan for the holidays so we decided to try and see the movie in Tokyo during our trip. My wife and I both enjoyed 'Flags' and were pleased when we learned that Clint Eastwood made a second movie, this time telling the story from the Japanese perspective. I was very disappointed to learn that this movie was only going to have a limited showing in the US, only one or two theaters on either coast.
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