Movie

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Released: November 20, 1959 (1959)

Runtime: 178 minutes

Genres: War, Drama, History

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Kan Yanagiya as Tanoue Nitôhei
Age at release: 48
Kenjiro Uemura as Bannai Jôtôhei
Age at release: 45
Jun Tatara as Hino Jun'i
Age at release: 42
Ryōhei Uchida as Hashitani Gunsô
Age at release: 35
Kokinji Katsura as Sasa Nitôhei
Age at release: 33
Michirō Minami as Yoshida Jôtôhei
Age at release: 33
Kei Satō as Shinjô Ittôhei
Age at release: 30
Michiyo Aratama as Michiko
Age at release: 29
Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji
Age at release: 26
Kunie Tanaka as Obara Nitôhei
Age at release: 26

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Izumi Hara as Sawamura Fuchô
Age at release: 54
Jun Hamamura as Doi Chûi
Age at release: 53
Susumu Fujita as Naruto Nitôhei
Age at release: 47
Minoru Chiaki as Onodera Heichô
Age at release: 42
Taketoshi Naitō as Tange Ittôhei
Age at release: 33
Hideo Kidokoro as Kudô Taii
Age at release: 32
Toru Takeuchi as Shûban Shikan
Age at release: 32
Keiji Sada as Kageyama Shôi
Age at release: 32
Sen Yano as Yamazaki Jôtôhei
Age at release: 31
Shōji Yasui as Minarai Shikan
Age at release: 31
Yoshirō Aoki as Sergeant Soga
Age at release: 30
Takashi Ebata as Kanamori - Nitôhei
Age at release: 30
Fumio Watanabe as Sanbô
Age at release: 30
Akiji Kobayashi as Nonaka Shôi
Age at release: 29
Tamotsu Tamura as Eiseiheichô
Age at release: 28
Akio Miyabe as Shirato Nitôhei
Age at release: 28
Kaneko Iwasaki as Tokunaga Kangofu
Age at release: 27
Mayumi Kurata as Obara no Tsuma
Age at release: 27
Rō Ose as Kubo Nitôhei
Age at release: 25
Yūsuke Kawazu as Terada Nitôhei
Age at release: 24