Title | : | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity |
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Release | : | 1959 |
Rating | : | 8.5 |
Language | : | Japanese, Mandarin, Russian |
Runtime | : | 181 |
Genre | : | Drama,History,War |
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army; he revolts against the abusive treatment spent to the recruit Obara that commits suicide; 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.
Zenzô Matsuyama (screenplay), Masaki Kobayashi (screenplay), Jumpei Gomikawa (novel)