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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Zenzo Matsuyama (screenplay) &
Masaki Kobayashi (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
February 1961 (USA) more
Plot:
Second part of a trilogy. Conscientious objector Kaji, now forced to serve in the Japanese army during the Second World War... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
Deeply Moving more (3 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Kaji |
| Michiyo Aratama | ... | Michiko (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Kokinji Katsura | ... | Sasa Nitôhei (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Jun Tatara | ... | Hino Jun'i (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Michirô Minami | ... | Yoshida Jôtôhei (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Kei Satô | ... | Shinjô Ittôhei (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Kunie Tanaka | ... | Obara Nitôhei (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Ryohei Uchida | ... | Hashitani Gunsô (segment "Dai 3 bu") (as Ryôhei Uchida) |
| Kan Yanagiya | ... | Tanoue Nitôhei (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Kenjiro Uemura | ... | Bannai Jôtôhei (segment "Dai 3 bu") (as Kenjirô Uemura) |
| Kaneko Iwasaki | ... | Tokunaga Kangofu (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Mayumi Kurata | ... | Obara no Tsuma (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Taketoshi Naitô | ... | Tange Ittôhei (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Hideo Kidokoro | ... | Kudô Taii (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
| Yoshiaki Aoki | ... | Soga Gunsô (segment "Dai 3 bu") |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Ningen no jôken: Dai 2 hen (Japan) (promotional title)
Ningen no jôken: Dai 3 bu - Bôkyô hen (Japan) (first part title)
Ningen no jôken: Dai 4 bu - Sen'un hen (Japan) (second part title)
Ningen no joken III-IV
The Human Condition II (USA)
The Road to Eternity
Zoku ningen no joken
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Runtime:
181 min | West Germany:112 min | Japan:75 min (part 2)
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2.35 : 1 more
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West Germany:16 (f) | USA:GP (re-release)
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Referenced in Full Metal Jacket (1987) more
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It's been a long time since I've seen "Ningen no joken II", the second of Kibiyashi's trilogy: "The Human Condition". One scene (and you'll know it if you see the film) is one of the most visually stunning and heart wrenching in movie history. The rest of the film isn't far behind it with Tatsuya Nakadai giving a brilliant performance playing a good man caught in the monstrous jaws of history. Deeply moving.