Movielogr
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Overview
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.
Length 178 minutes
Actors
Tatsuya Nakadai | Michiyo Aratama | Kokinji Katsura | Jun Tatara | Michirô Minami | Kei Satō | Kunie Tanaka | Ryôhei Uchida | Kan Yanagiya | Kenjiro Uemura | Kaneko Iwasaki | Mayumi Kurata | Taketoshi Naitô | Hideo Kidokoro | Yoshirô Aoki | Rô Ose | Tamotsu Tamura | Tôru Takeuchi | Sen Hara | Sen Yano | Akio Miyabe | Takashi Ebata | Keiji Sada | Yûsuke Kawazu | Susumu Fujita | Minoru Chiaki | Shôji Yasui | Fumio Watanabe | Jun Hamamura | Akiji Kobayashi | Keijirô Morozumi | Akifumi Inoue | Shojiro Ogasawara | Shôji Ôki | Isao Suenaga | Hisashi Igawa