The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
(1959)
★ 8.2 IMDb · 231 votes
Year: 1959
Runtime: 178 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 小林正樹
Cast: Тацуя Накадай, 新珠三千代, 桂小金治, 多々良純, 南道郎, 佐藤慶, Куниэ Танака, 内田良平, 柳谷寛, 植村謙二郎
Plot
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.
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army; he revolts against the abusive treatment spent to the recruit Obara that commits suicide; 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.