Ningen no joken II

original title:
Ningen no joken II
other titles:
Human Condition II - The Road to Eternity, (Barfuß durch die Hölle II - Die Straße zur Ewigkeit)
country / year of production:
Japan / 1959
original length:
181 min. , black/white
premiere:
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Jumpei Gomikawa. Ningen no joken. Moskva: Chudož. Lit., 1985.
director:
Masaki Kobayashi
film script:
Jumpei Gomikawa , Masaki Kobayashi , Zenzo Matsuyama
producer:
Masaki Kobayashi , Shigeru Wakatsuki
cinematographer:
Yoshio Miyajima (II)
editor:
Keiichi Uraoka
composer:
Chuji Kinoshita
cast (role):
Tatsuya Nakadai (Kaji) , Michiyo Aratama (Machiko) , Keiji Sada (Kageyama) , Kaneko Iwasaki (Tokunaga) , Kokinji Katsura (Sasa) , Tatsuya Nakadai , Michiyo Aratama , Keiji Sada , Kaneko Iwasaki , Kokinji Katsura
more:
Tatsuya Nakadai
plot synopsis:
Second part of a triology. Conscientious objector Kaji, now forced to serve in the Japanese army during the Second World War, helps a friend defect to the Russians and nearly goes with him. But despite his opposition to war, Kaji does his best to serve as help and guide to the men in his charge, most of whom are doomed to fall to the relentless attack of Russian armored divisions.
keywords:
dersertion , massacre , betrayal, treason , order and obedience
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
availability:
DVD