The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Road to Eternity
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMasaki Kobayashi
Screenplay byMasaki Kobayashi
Story byJunpei Gomikawa
Based onThe Human Condition by Junpei Gomikawa
Produced byShigeru Wakatsuki
StarringTatsuya Nakadai
Production
companies
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • November 20, 1959 (1959-11-20)
Running time
178 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Road to Eternity (第四部戦雲篇) is a 1959 Japanese film co-written and directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is the second part of The Human Condition trilogy.

Stephen Prince states that "Kobayashi makes "The Road to Eternity" into an excoriation of the Imperial Army. The film is focused, as he said, on "a theme of resistance to the inhumane military organization."