“You can always meet those you really wish to.”
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.
Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Masaki Kobayashi
Zenzō Matsuyama
Yoshio Miyajima
Chūji Kinoshita
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kaji
Michiyo Aratama
Michiko
Kokinji Katsura
Sasa Nitôhei
Jun Tatara
Hino Jun'i
Michirō Minami
Yoshida Jôtôhei
Kei Satō
Shinjô Ittôhei
Kunie Tanaka
Obara Nitôhei
Ryōhei Uchida
Hashitani Gunsô
Kan Yanagiya
Tanoue Nitôhei
Kenjiro Uemura
Bannai Jôtôhei
Kaneko Iwasaki
Tokunaga Kangofu
Mayumi Kurata
Obara no Tsuma
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) ORIGINAL TRAILER
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The Human Condition Trilogy Trailer
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Ninjin Club