The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇

1959·178'

Masaki Kobayashi

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★ 8.2

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The second one

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.

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai Kaji

Michiyo Aratama Michiko

Kokinji Katsura Sasa Nitôhei

Jun Tatara Hino Jun'i

Michirō Minami Yoshida Jôtôhei

Kei Satō Shinjô Ittôhei

Kunie Tanaka Obara Nitôhei

Ryōhei Uchida Hashitani Gunsô

Kan Yanagiya Tanoue Nitôhei

Kenjiro Uemura Bannai Jôtôhei

Kaneko Iwasaki Tokunaga Kangofu

Mayumi Kurata Obara no Tsuma