The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

Name: The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1959
Duration: 2 h 58 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Jun Tatara, Kan Yanagiya, Kei Sat?, Kenjiro Uemura, Kokinji Katsura

Original Title: 人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇

Drama History War

8.2 (194 votes)

2h 58m

Overview

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