Human Being and War: Mountains and Rivers of Lave and Sadness (1971)

1971 · Movie · 180 min. · Japan

Human Being and War: Mountains and Rivers of Lave and Sadness (1971)
Drama War Sequel Family Relationships 1930s

Yamamoto Satsuo directed this masterful 9 hour epic trilogy on the effects of war on the five generations of a single Japanese family. Based on Gomikawa Jumpei's (The Human Condition) bestselling novel, the film trilogy skillfully blends newsreel and archive footage with an all-star cast, exotic locations, and beautiful cinematography. The first part follows the rise of the Godai clan rise from war-profiteers to their becoming powerful industrialists in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during the 1930s. The second part follow the the stories of two brothers serving in different units of the Imperial Japanese army from 1935 to 1937 when Japan launched a full scale invasion of China. The third and final part details the family’s trials during the Sino-Japanese War to the Soviet army's invasion of Japanese-occupied Northeastern China at the end of World War II.

Direction Satsuo Yamamoto

Cast Osamu Takizawa · Shinsuke Ashida · Hideki Takahashi · Etsushi Takahashi · Ruriko Asaoka · Kinya Kitaoji · Sayuri Yoshinaga · Rentarô Mikuni · Go Kato · Kyôko Kishida · Yoshiko Sakuma

Soundtrack Masaru Satô

Screenplay Atsushi Takeda · Nobuo Yamada

Cinematography Shinsaku Himeda

Original title Senso to ningen II: Ai to kanashimino sanga

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