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The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer / Ningen no jôken (1961) [Criterion Collection]
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer / Ningen no jôken (1961) [Criterion Collection, Spine #480]
Blu-Ray | BDMV | AVC, 1920x1080, ~26.6 Mbps | 3hr 10mn | 45.2 GB
Japanese (日本語): DTS-HD Master Audio, 4 ch, 2413 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, History, War
Blu-Ray | BDMV | AVC, 1920x1080, ~26.6 Mbps | 3hr 10mn | 45.2 GB
Japanese (日本語): DTS-HD Master Audio, 4 ch, 2413 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Writer: Zenzô Matsuyama (screenplay), Kôichi Inagaki (screenplay)
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura
This mammoth humanist drama by Masaki Kobayashi is one of the most staggering achievements of Japanese cinema. Originally filmed and released in three installments of two parts each, the nine-and-a-half-hour The Human Condition, adapted from Junpei Gomikawa’s six-volume novel, tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji—played by the Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai—from labor camp supervisor to Imperial Army soldier to Soviet prisoner of war. Constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system, Kaji time and again finds his morals to be an impediment rather than an advantage. A raw indictment of Japan’s wartime mentality as well as a personal existential tragedy, Kobayashi’s riveting, gorgeously filmed epic is novelistic cinema at its best.
Extras:
- Interview from 2009 with actor Tatsuya Nakadai
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