The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
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.
Director:
Masaki Kobayashi
Writers:
Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama.
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji |
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Michiyo Aratama as Michiko |
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Kokinji Katsura as Sasa Nitôhei |
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Jun Tatara as Hino Jun'i |
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Michirō Minami as Yoshida Jôtôhei |
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Kei Satō as Shinjô Ittôhei |
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Kunie Tanaka as Obara Nitôhei |
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Ryōhei Uchida as Hashitani Gunsô |
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Kan Yanagiya as Tanoue Nitôhei |
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Kenjiro Uemura as Bannai Jôtôhei |
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Kaneko Iwasaki as Tokunaga Kangofu |
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Mayumi Kurata as Obara no Tsuma |
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Taketoshi Naitō as Tange Ittôhei |
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Hideo Kidokoro as Kudô Taii |
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Yoshirō Aoki as Sergeant Soga |
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Rō Ose as Kubo Nitôhei |
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Tamotsu Tamura as Eiseiheichô |
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Toru Takeuchi as Shûban Shikan |
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Izumi Hara as Sawamura Fuchô |
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Sen Yano as Yamazaki Jôtôhei |
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Akio Miyabe as Shirato Nitôhei |
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Takashi Ebata as Kanamori - Nitôhei |
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Keiji Sada as Kageyama Shôi |
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Yūsuke Kawazu as Terada Nitôhei |
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Susumu Fujita as Naruto Nitôhei |
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Minoru Chiaki as Onodera Heichô |
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Shōji Yasui as Minarai Shikan |
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Fumio Watanabe as Sanbô |
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Jun Hamamura as Doi Chûi |
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Akiji Kobayashi as Nonaka Shôi |
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Keijirō Morozumi as Hironaka Gochô |
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Shōbun Inoue as Akaboshi Jôtôhei |
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Shojiro Ogasawara as Enji Nitôhei |
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Shōji Ōki as Nakai Nitôhei |
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Isao Suenaga as Koizumi Nitôhei |
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Hisashi Igawa as Masui Ittôhei |
| Writing | Jumpei Gomikawa | Novel |
| Production | Masaki Kobayashi | Producer |
| Writing | Masaki Kobayashi | Screenplay |
| Production | Shigeru Wakatsuki | Producer |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka | Editor |
| Art | Kazue Hirataka | Art Direction |
| Directing | Masaki Kobayashi | Director |
| Directing | Koichi Inagaki | Assistant Director |
| Art | Seiji Ishikawa | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kōshichi Yoshida | Costume Design |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Screenplay |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yoshio Miyajima | Director of Photography |