La Condition de l’homme II (1959)
Partie 2 : Le Chemin de l’éternité — Nord de la Mandchourie. Kaji est incorporé à l’armée impériale du Kwantung. Simple soldat, il découvre que les jeunes recrues connaissent des traitements aussi inhumains que les prisonniers chinois de Lo Hu liang.. Il s’élève de nouveau contre cette barbarie. Le suicide d’un de ses camarades lui permet de porter plus haut et plus fort la voix des soldats. Pour se débarrasser de lui, ses supérieurs l’envoient au front. L’armée japonaise subit alors défaite sur défaite, et la débâcle s’annonce inéluctable.
Directeur:
Masaki Kobayashi
écrivains:
Masaki Kobayashi, 松山善三.
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji |
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新珠三千代 as Michiko |
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桂小金治 as Sasa Nitôhei |
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Jun Tatara as Hino Jun'i |
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南道郎 as Yoshida Jôtôhei |
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佐藤慶 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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柳谷寛 as Tanoue Nitôhei |
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植村謙二郎 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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内藤武敏 as Tange Ittôhei |
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城所英夫 as Kudô Taii |
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青木義朗 as Sergeant Soga |
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小瀬朗 as Kubo Nitôhei |
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田村保 as Eiseiheichô |
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Toru Takeuchi as Shûban Shikan |
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原泉 as Sawamura Fuchô |
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矢野宣 as Yamazaki Jôtôhei |
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宮部昭夫 as Shirato Nitôhei |
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江幡高志 as Kanamori - Nitôhei |
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Keiji Sada as Kageyama Shôi |
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川津祐介 as Terada Nitôhei |
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藤田進 as Naruto Nitôhei |
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Minoru Chiaki as Onodera Heichô |
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安井昌二 as Minarai Shikan |
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Fumio Watanabe as Sanbô |
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浜村純 as Doi Chûi |
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小林昭二 as Nonaka Shôi |
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諸角啓二郎 as Hironaka Gochô |
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井上昭文 as Akaboshi Jôtôhei |
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小笠原章二郎 as Enji Nitôhei |
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大木正司 as Nakai Nitôhei |
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Isao Suenaga as Koizumi Nitôhei |
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井川比佐志 as Masui Ittôhei |
| Production | Masaki Kobayashi | Producer |
| Art | Kazue Hirataka | Art Direction |
| Directing | Masaki Kobayashi | Director |
| Writing | 五味川純平 | Novel |
| Writing | Masaki Kobayashi | Screenplay |
| Production | Shigeru Wakatsuki | Producer |
| Editing | 浦岡敬一 | Editor |
| Directing | 稲垣公一 | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kōshichi Yoshida | Costume Design |
| Art | Seiji Ishikawa | Set Decoration |
| Writing | 松山善三 | Screenplay |
| Sound | 木下忠司 | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yoshio Miyajima | Director of Photography |