The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
人間の條件 第3部望郷篇/第4部戦雲篇
1959 · 2h 58m · 8.2
War, Drama, History
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.
Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara, Michirō Minami, Kei Satō, Kunie Tanaka, Ryōhei Uchida, Kan Yanagiya, Kenjiro Uemura
japan, world war ii, recruit, sequel, conscientious objector, pacific war, military, japanese army, foxhole, trenches, imperial japan, philosophical, complex, depressed, dramatic, depressing, romantic, complicated, informative, tragic
Where to watch — Streaming: Criterion Channel
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