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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959 · Movie · Not Rated · 178 min · ★ 8.2 · 89% critics

WarDramaHistory

A man drafted into the Japanese army is branded a political suspect and forced to endure brutal training and cruelty around him. As he pushes back against abuse and watches others make desperate choices, he’s sent toward the front lines to face an increasingly hopeless fight.

Based on The Human Condition

Also known as The human condition Vol. II

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Details
Original title
人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇
Years
1959
Release date
1959-11-20
Language
Japanese
Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
178 min
Critic score
89/100
TMDB rating
8.2/10 (219 votes)
About

If you like serious, morally driven war dramas with harsh realities and a bleak tone, this may work for you; Not for you if you want light entertainment or quick pacing, like in Harakiri or High and Low.

Pros: intense moral conflict; gripping wartime tension; powerful emotional weight | Cons: bleak subject matter; long and heavy; relentless cruelty

Themes

  • japan
  • world war ii
  • recruit
  • sequel
  • conscientious objector
  • pacific war
  • military
  • japanese army
  • foxhole
  • trenches
  • imperial japan
  • philosophical
  • +8 more

Cast & crew

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi