HUMAN CONDITION II: THE ROAD TO ETERNITY (WIDESCREEN) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1961
• Genre: Drama, Foreign, War
• Plot: The trilogy continues as the newly drafted, idealistic Kaji (Tasuya akadai) is ordered to Manchuria, the site of Japan's longest and most savage atrocities during World War II. He dicovers that all of the soldiers are being mistreated by their sergeants and officers and makes a protest. In response, Kaji is accused of being a sympathizer of the Communistas (who were the main effective opposition to the Japanese in China) and threatened with court martial and execution. He is tortured but manages to escape, killing a soldier and nearly murdering an officer in the process. When the allied victory comes, Kaji is the sole survivor of his unit, left alone on a desolate battlefield awaiting his fate. THE ROAD TO ETERNITY was the part of HUMAN CONDITION based most closely on director-writer Masaki Kobayashi's own experiences as a private drafted into the Japanese army and sent to Manchuria where he carried on his own war-of-conscience against the savagery of the army and Japanese society.
• Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara, Michirô Minami, Kei Satô, Kunie Tanaka, Ryôhei Uchida, Kan Yanagiya, Kenjiro Uemura, Kaneko Iwasaki, Mayumi Kurata, Taketoshi Naitô, Hideo Kidokoro, Yoshiaki Aoki, Rô Ose, Tamotsu Tamura, Ryôji Itô, Sen Hara, Sen Yano, Tôru Takeuchi, Mareo Abe, Akio Miyabe, Takashi Ebata, Shigeru Inagi, Tadahiko Kuroda, Ten Ai, Ritsusen Oh, Keiji Sada, Yûsuke Kawazu, Susumu Fujita, Minoru Chiaki, Shôji Yasui, Fumio Watanabe, Jun Hamamura, Akiji Kobayashi, Keijirô Morozumi, Jurô Hoshino, Shôbun Inoue, Masashi Maki, Shôjirô Ogasawara, Shôji Ôki, Isao Suenaga, Kei Miyata, Shin'ya Mizushima, Kenzô Iwayama, Hikaru Jinno, Hisashi Igawa, Ryûta Uno, Tenryû Kimura, Jiichi Kitami, Takao Shigetomi, Yoshiaki Mizuno, Katsumi Shiina, Katsu Itô, Ryo Ono, Kotaro Mori, Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzô Matsuyama, Jumpei Gomikawa
• Director: Masaki Kobayashi
• Runtime: 2:57
• Company: Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie