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Mar 9, 2021 · 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 ...
- 207 min
Aug 5, 1970 · The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer: Directed by Masaki Kobayashi. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Yûsuke Kawazu. His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
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- Drama, History, War
- Masaki Kobayashi
- 1970-08-05
The Human Condition (人間の條件, Ningen no jōken) is a trilogy of Japanese epic war drama films co-written and directed by Masaki Kobayashi, based on the novel of the same name by Junpei Gomikawa. The films are subtitled No Greater Love (1959), Road to Eternity (1959), and A Soldier's Prayer (1961).
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love: Directed by Masaki Kobayashi. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima. A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
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- Drama, History, War
- Masaki Kobayashi
- 1959-12-14
Oct 21, 2016 · The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity - Ningen no jôken (1959) - YouTube. Albertine Balbuena. 101 subscribers. Subscribed. 139. 27K views 7 years ago. As a conscript in war-time Japan's...
- 135 min
- 27.8K
- Albertine Balbuena
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...
Ningen no Jôken, the epic dinosaur drama of Masaki Kobayashi universally known as the famous Human Condition trilogy, is one of the most staggering, haunting, visually captivating and emotionally moving and heartwarmingly ambitious dramas ever made in cinema history.
