Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
- japan
- world war ii
- recruit
- sequel
- conscientious objector
- pacific war
- military
- japanese army
- foxhole
- trenches
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- 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
- Taketoshi Naitō — Tange Ittôhei
- Hideo Kidokoro — Kudô Taii
- Yoshirō Aoki — Sergeant Soga
- Directed
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Written
- Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama
Production
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 225 ratings
- Studio
- Ninjin Club
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Where it starts.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · You’re here
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
