The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

First Sequel of an Anti-War Masterpiece.

人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇 (1959)

Timing: 2:58 (178 min)

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Movie poster "The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity"

Release date

1959-11-20

Country

Japan

Production

Ninjin Club

Genre

War, Drama, History

Budget

Revenue

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Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Actors

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara, Michirō Minami, Kei Satō, Kunie Tanaka, Ryôhei Uchida, Kan Yanagiya, Kenjiro Uemura
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Producer

Shigeru Wakatsuki, Masaki Kobayashi

Operator

Yoshio Miyajima

Composer

Chūji Kinoshita

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Audition

Editing

Keiichi Uraoka
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Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

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