The Human Condition (The Criterion Collection)
by Masaki Kobayashi
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Actor: Jun Tatara, Kokinji Katsura, Michirô Minami, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya NakadaiDirector: Masaki Kobayashi
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Yoshio Miyajima
Producer: Masaki Kobayashi
Writer: Masaki Kobayashi
Producer: Shigeru Wakatsuki
Writer: Jumpei Gomikawa
Writer: Koichi Inagaki
Writer: Zenzo Matsuyama
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 574 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
Summary of The Human Condition (The Criterion Collection)
Masaki Kobayashi?s mammoth humanist drama is one of the most staggering achievements of Japanese cinema. Originally filmed and released in three parts, the nine-and-a-half-hour The Human Condition (Ningen no joken), adapted from Junpei Gomikawa?s six-volume novel, tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji (handsome Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai) from labor camp supervisor to Imperial Army soldier to Soviet POW. Constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system, Kaji time and again finds his morals an impediment rather than an advantage. A raw indictment of its nation?s wartime mentality as well as a personal existential tragedy, Kobayashi?s riveting, gorgeously filmed epic is novelistic cinema at its best.Stills from The Human Condition (Click for larger image)
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