The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

What it’s about

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

Cast

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  Tatsuya Nakadai

  Kaji

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  Michiyo Aratama

  Michiko

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  Kokinji Katsura

  Sasa Nitôhei

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  Jun Tatara

  Hino Jun'i

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  Michirō Minami

  Yoshida Jôtôhei

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  Kei Satō

  Shinjô Ittôhei

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  Kunie Tanaka

  Obara Nitôhei

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  Ryōhei Uchida

  Hashitani Gunsô

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  Kan Yanagiya

  Tanoue Nitôhei

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  Kenjiro Uemura

  Bannai Jôtôhei

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  Kaneko Iwasaki

  Tokunaga Kangofu

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  Mayumi Kurata

  Obara no Tsuma