The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

About The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

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.

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity is a 1959 history war film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The film is filed under military, complex, tragic, and philosophical.

Tatsuya Nakadai takes the lead as Kaji, Michiyo Aratama as Michiko, Kokinji Katsura as Sasa Nitôhei, and Jun Tatara as Hino Jun'i. It runs 178 minutes and was released in November 1959.

The screenplay is by Masaki Kobayashi and Zenzō Matsuyama. Produced by Ninjin Club. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel.

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World make useful companions to The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, all filed under complicated and depressed. TMDB voters put it at 8.2 out of 10 across 242 votes.