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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to EternityCast and Crew

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Cast

T
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Kaji
M
Michiyo Aratama
as Michiko
K
Kokinji Katsura
as Sasa Nitôhei
J
Jun Tatara
as Hino Jun'i
M
Michirō Minami
as Yoshida Jôtôhei
K
Kei Satō
as Shinjô Ittôhei
K
Kunie Tanaka
as Obara Nitôhei
R
Ryôhei Uchida
as Hashitani Gunsô
K
Kan Yanagiya
as Tanoue Nitôhei
K
Kenjiro Uemura
as Bannai Jôtôhei
K
Kaneko Iwasaki
as Tokunaga Kangofu
M
Mayumi Kurata
as Obara no Tsuma
T
Taketoshi Naitō
as Tange Ittôhei
H
Hideo Kidokoro
as Kudô Taii
Y
Yoshirō Aoki
as Sergeant Soga
R
Rō Ose
as Kubo Nitôhei
T
Tamotsu Tamura
as Eiseiheichô
T
Tōru Takeuchi
as Shûban Shikan
I
Izumi Hara
as Sawamura Fuchô
S
Sen Yano
as Yamazaki Jôtôhei
A
Akio Miyabe
as Shirato Nitôhei
T
Takashi Ebata
as Kanamori - Nitôhei
K
Keiji Sada
as Kageyama Shôi
Y
Yūsuke Kawazu
as Terada Nitôhei
S
Susumu Fujita
as Naruto Nitôhei
M
Minoru Chiaki
as Onodera Heichô
S
Shōji Yasui
as Minarai Shikan
F
Fumio Watanabe
as Sanbô
J
Jun Hamamura
as Doi Chûi
A
Akiji Kobayashi
as Nonaka Shôi
K
Keijirō Morozumi
as Hironaka Gochô
S
Shōbun Inoue
as Akaboshi Jôtôhei
S
Shojiro Ogasawara
as Enji Nitôhei
S
Shōji Ōki
as Nakai Nitôhei
I
Isao Suenaga
as Koizumi Nitôhei
H
Hisashi Igawa
as Masui Ittôhei

Crew

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Masaki Kobayashi
Producer
K
Kazue Hirataka
Art Direction
M
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
J
Jumpei Gomikawa
Novel
M
Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay
S
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Producer
K
Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
K
Kôichi Inagaki
Assistant Director
K
Kôshichi Yoshida
Costume Design
S
Seiji Ishikawa
Set Decoration
Z
Zenzō Matsuyama
Screenplay
C
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Y
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography

The Human Condition Collection

The Human Condition is a Japanese film epic released as a trilogy between 1959 and 1961. The trilogy follows the life of Kaji, a Japanese pacifist and socialist, as he tries to survive in the totalitarian and oppressive world of World War II-era Japan. Taken altogether as a single film, it is 9 hours and 47 minutes long, which includes intermissions, making it one of the longest narrative films ever made. While the films earned considerable controversy at the time of their release in Japan, The Human Condition was critically acclaimed, won many international awards, and has since established Masaki Kobayashi as one of the most important Japanese directors of his generation.