Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970)
August 14, 1970Release Date
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970)
August 14, 1970Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Osamu Takizawa
Yusuke Godai
Kei Yamamoto
Actor
Shinsuke Ashida
Keisuke Godai
Etsushi Takahashi
Eisuke Godai
Ruriko Asaoka
Yukiko Godai
Nakamura Kanzaburo
Shunsuke Godai
Mori Satô
Yoriko Godai
Tsuguaki Yoshida
Kohei Shimegi
Rentaro Mikuni
Shigata Komijiro
Hideki Takahashi
Shintaro Tsuge
Yoshirō Aoki
Actor
Kōji Takahashi
Masanori Takanata
Gō Katō
Tatsuo Hattori
Mitsuko Mito
Otaki
Shinjirô Ehara
Haiyama
Yūjirō Ishihara
Shinozaki Ryoki
Hideaki Nitani
Shofu Yatsugi
Yasuko Sanjo
Ryoko Yatsugi
Takao Ito
Takuro Shimegi
Takahiro Tamura
Fuba Manabu
Gaku Yamamoto
Haku Eisho
Kyôko Kishida
Sanko Otori
Takeo Chii
Xu Zailin
Komaki Kurihara
Cho Zuiho
Shin Tatsuoka
Cho Daifuku
Nobutada Iwasaki
Cho Ennen
Chieko Matsubara
Motoko Takahata
Ken Hatano
Takei Hiromichi
Kôji Nanbara
Shiro Jinnai
Kazuhiro Fukuzaki
Raita Oshio
Akira Yamanouchi
Kanji Ishihara
Jūkei Fujioka
Seishirō Itagaki
Masao Shimizu
Ichirai Zenba
Masaaki Yana
Ichirai Shingo
Ichirō Nakatani
Daisaku Komoto
Genki Koyama
Commander Muraoka
Yûsuke Takita
Morito Morishima
Kyōichi Satō
Tadashi Hanaya
Shōbun Inoue
Goro Araki
Mizuho Suzuki
Narrator (voice)
Satsuo Yamamoto
Director
Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Akira Kato
Assistant Director
Tadahiko Isomi
Assistant Director
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Yoshinaga Yoko'o
Production Design
Hiroshi Fukatami
Production Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 14, 1970
Original Name戦争と人間 第一部「運命の序曲」
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 17m
Genres
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Men and War (戦争と人間, Sensō to ningen) is a trilogy of epic war films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto, based on the novel of the same name by Junpei Gomikawa. The films are subtitled Prelude to Destiny (1970), Land of Love and Sorrow (1971), and The Final Chapter (1973). Part I was also released internationally under the title The Battle of Manchuria.
The trilogy follows the rise of the Godai family conglomerate and its involvement in the Second Sino-Japanese War, from the Jinan incident in 1928 to the Nomonhan incident in 1939. Yamamoto had conceived a five-part series, and the story was to continue through the Pacific War to the Tokyo Trials, but Nikkatsu reduced the series to a trilogy after the release of the second film. The third film, involving large-scale tank battle scenes, was produced with the co-operation of Mosfilm.