Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971)

6.4/10 • 181 min • Drama War History

Overview

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

Takeo Chii

Xu Zailin

Gaku Yamamoto

Haku Eisho

Kyôko Kishida

Sanko Otori

Ken Hatano

Takei Hiromichi

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