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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.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1959-11-20
Runtime: 178 mins
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Spoken language: Pусский, 普通话, 日本語
Genres: War, Drama, History
Original title: The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Production Companies: Ninjin Club
Production Countries: Japan

Tatsuya Nakadai

Michiyo Aratama

Kokinji Katsura

Jun Tatara

Michirō Minami

Kei Satō

Kunie Tanaka

Ryōhei Uchida

Kan Yanagiya

Kenjiro Uemura

Kaneko Iwasaki

Mayumi Kurata

Taketoshi Naitō

Hideo Kidokoro