The Human Condition: Road to Eternity Movie Review 1959

A Japanese pacifist is on punishment duty in Manchuria where he is beaten by sadistic officers who try to destroy his humanity. The second part of the trilogy, preceded by "The Human Condition: No Greater Love" and followed by "The Human Condition: A Soldier's Prayer." In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 180 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II

Screenplay

Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzo Matsuyama

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara, Michio Minami, Keiji Sada, Minoru Chiaki, Ryohei Uchida, Kan Yanagidani, Kenjiro Uemura, Yusuke Kawazu, Susumu Fujita

Cinematography

Yoshio Miyajima

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Music

Chuji Kinoshita

Producer

Shochiku Company