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.
Cast
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
Kō Nishimura
Unknown
Takeo Chii
Xu Zailin
Gaku Yamamoto
Haku Eisho
Kyôko Kishida
Sanko Otori
Ken Hatano
Takei Hiromichi
Zenji Yamada
Shokichi Umetani
Masako Izumi
Kuni Umetani
Nobutada Iwasaki
Cho Ennen
Shin Tatsuoka
Cho Daifuku
Natsue Kimura
Min-buk
Shinjirō Ehara
Haiyama
Kōji Nanbara
Shiro Jinnai
Kazunaga Tsuji
Raita Oshio
Hisashi Igawa
Park
Masaaki Maeda
Liang Ensheng
Ulf Otsuki
Ivanov
Isao Tamagawa
Saburo Aizawa
Jūkei Fujioka
Seishirō Itagaki
Shin Saito
Shimazu
Mizuho Suzuki
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Satsuo Yamamoto
Director
Atsushi Takeda
Screenplay
Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay
Jumpei Gomikawa
Novel
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Yutaka Osawa
Assistant Director
Yoshihiro Yūki
Assistant Director
Tokuko Miyako
Producer
Kano Otsuka
Producer
Yasushi Takeda
Producer
Hiroshi Fukatami
Production Design
Yoshinaga Yoko'o
Production Design
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Hideo Kumagai
Gaffer
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