Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition.
Acting
Osamu Takizawa's silent disintegration as the family patriarch.
Direction
Yamamoto's refusal to glamorize—war as bureaucratic horror.
Writing
Gomikawa's source material: same mind that wrote Human Condition.
Director
Satsuo Yamamoto
Osamu Takizawa
Yusuke Godai
Shinsuke Ashida
Keisuke Godai
Ruriko Asaoka
Yukiko Godai
Etsushi Takahashi
Eisuke Godai
Nakamura Kanzaburo
Shunsuke Godai
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Yoriko Godai
Kei Yamamoto
Kohei Shimegi
Mitsuko Mito
Otaki
Hideki Takahashi
Shintaro Tsuge
Yūjirō Ishihara
Shinozaki Ryoki
Rentaro Mikuni
Shigata Komijiro
Kōji Takahashi
Masanori Takanata
Gō Katō
Tatsuo Hattori
Yoshiko Sakuma
Atsuko Sato
Komaki Kurihara
Cho Zuiho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is part two of a trilogy—Part I (1970) and Part III (1973) complete the 9-hour epic.
Released when Japan was grappling with WWII memory; the Godai family's complicity mirrored national denial.
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