The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
人間の條件 第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇
1959 · 2h 58m · Drama, History, War · Japan · Rated 12 (NL)
The second one
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.
Directed by
Masaki KobayashiBased on the novel by
Jumpei Gomikawa7.7Smart score
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complexcomplicatedconscientious objectordepresseddepressingdramaticfoxholeimperial japaninformativejapanjapanese armymilitarypacific warphilosophicalrecruitromanticsequeltragictrenchesworld war ii
Rating12 (NL)
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