The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

1959

Action / Drama / History / War

IMDb Rating 8/10

Plot summary

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army; he revolts against the abusive treatment spent to the recruit Obara that commits suicide; 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.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil