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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959 · 178 min · Director: Masaki Kobayashi ★ IMDb 8.5 · 9,440 ratings

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Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. 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.

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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Anger. Genres: Drama, History, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Anger. Its IMDb rating of 8.5/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Anger

Tension
Empathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 38 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension45 %38 %37 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 13′Empathy50 %43 %44 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 22′Empathy51 %43 %46 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 31′Empathy56 %36 %51 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 40′Sadness65 %35 %59 %48 %
27.5 %≈ 49′Anger68 %45 %60 %48 %
32.5 %≈ 58′Anger74 %55 %66 %53 %
37.5 %≈ 67′Sadness79 %59 %69 %63 %
42.5 %≈ 76′Anger76 %66 %60 %49 %
47.5 %≈ 85′Tension74 %66 %56 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 93′Sadness65 %46 %56 %45 %
57.5 %≈ 102′Empathy54 %34 %51 %37 %
62.5 %≈ 111′Anger53 %43 %45 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 120′Anger63 %56 %49 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 129′Anger70 %57 %59 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 138′Sadness70 %55 %56 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 147′Tension78 %71 %50 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 156′Tension89 %89 %54 %41 %
92.5 %≈ 165′Tension94 %91 %64 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 174′Sadness95 %88 %73 %73 %
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

KK
Kokinji Katsura

JT
Jun Tatara

JT
Jun Tatara

Hino Jun'i

MM
Michirō Minami

KT
Kunie Tanaka

KT
Kunie Tanaka

Obara Nitôhei

RU
Ryōhei Uchida

KY
Kan Yanagiya

KY
Kan Yanagiya

Tanoue Nitôhei

KU
Kenjiro Uemura

KI
Kaneko Iwasaki

Tokunaga Kangofu

MK
Mayumi Kurata

Obara no Tsuma

TN
Taketoshi Naitō

Tange Ittôhei

HK
Hideo Kidokoro

Kudô Taii

YA
Yoshirō Aoki

Sergeant Soga

RO
Rō Ose

Kubo Nitôhei

TT
Tamotsu Tamura

Eiseiheichô

TT
Toru Takeuchi

Shûban Shikan

IH
Izumi Hara

Sawamura Fuchô

SY
Sen Yano

Yamazaki Jôtôhei

Details

Directed by
Masaki Kobayashi
Written by
Masaki Kobayashi, Jumpei Gomikawa, Zenzō Matsuyama
Type
Movies
Released
1959
Runtime
178 min
Country
Japan
Genres
Drama, History, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.5 · 9,440 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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