not as good as the previous part.
i think it definitly isn't as well paced and i wouldn't say that any character is bad but i think the opposing members of wich kaij needs to go up against/barely tolerate/discuss with aren't as strong as in part 1.
their still good tho.
definitly the highlight was the last like 15 min, great looking war battle.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
You can always meet those you really wish to.
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
11/20/1959Runtime
178 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
JapaneseBudget
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A harrowing three-hour immersion into the dehumanizing machinery of Imperial Japanese military life, where a morally conscious soldier's attempts at resistance crumble against the systematic brutality of his own institution. Masaki Kobayashi's unflinching epic lays bare the psychological and physical costs of war on those caught between conscience and compulsion.
Mood
BleakAngryContemplativeMournful
Themes
WarSurvivalIdentityCorruptionPower
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticDocumentary-likeHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harm
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
Reviews
The Human Condition Collection
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