The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
Ningen no jôken
The second one
181 min
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.
- Release date
- November 20, 1959
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Chûji Kinoshita
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji
- Michiyo Aratama as Michiko
- Kokinji Katsura as Sasa Nitôhei
- Jun Tatara as Hino Jun'i
- Michirô Minami as Yoshida Jôtôhei
- Kei Satō as Shinjô Ittôhei
- Kunie Tanaka as Obara Nitôhei
- Ryōhei Uchida as Hashitani Gunsô
- Kan Yanagiya as Tanoue Nitôhei
- Kenjirō Uemura as Bannai Jôtôhei
- Kaneko Iwasaki as Tokunaga Kangofu
- Mayumi Kurata as Obara no Tsuma
- Taketoshi Naitō as Tange Ittôhei
- Hideo Kidokoro as Kudô Taii
- Yoshirō Aoki as Sergeant Soga
- Rô Ose as Kubo Nitôhei
- Tamotsu Tamura as Eiseiheichô
- Tôru Takeuchi as Shûban Shikan
- Izumi Hara as Sawamura Fuchô
- Sen Yano as Yamazaki Jôtôhei
- Akio Miyabe as Shirato Nitôhei
- Takashi Ebata as Kanamori - Nitôhei
- Keiji Sada as Kageyama Shôi
- Yûsuke Kawazu as Terada Nitôhei
- Susumu Fujita as Naruto Nitôhei
- Minoru Chiaki as Onodera Heichô
- Shôji Yasui as Minarai Shikan
- Fumio Watanabe as Sanbô
- Jun Hamamura as Doi Chûi
- Akiji Kobayashi as Nonaka Shôi
Crew
- Masaki Kobayashi · Director
- Zenzō Matsuyama · Writer
- Masaki Kobayashi · Writer
- Jumpei Gomikawa · Writer
- Masaki Kobayashi · Producer
- Shigeru Wakatsuki · Producer
- Chûji Kinoshita · Composer
- Yoshio Miyajima · Cinematographer
- Keiichi Uraoka · Editor