Watanabe Holds The Flag

Clint Eastwood finally put a cast together for his WWII film FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. Dirty Harry is making two films of the same event, one from American side of the story and the other is, you guessed it, Japanese side of the story. He chose Ken Watanabe (The Last Samuai, Memoirs of a Geisha) to play the lead as well as Shido Nakamura (Ping Pong, Fearless), Ryo Kase (Bright Future).
The film will crank in next week in L.A. The film is planned to open theatrically in August in Japan. Oh, by the way, in case you have forgotten, Paul Walker will star in the American side of the story.