The human condition, Parts 1 & 2
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- Prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Drama
- Soldiers -- Japan -- Drama
- Streaming video
- Institutionalized persons -- Soviet Union -- Drama
- Labor camps -- Japan -- Drama
- Gomikawa, Junpei, 1916-1995 -- Film adaptations
- Incarcerated persons -- Soviet Union -- Drama
- Feature films
- Imprisoned persons -- Soviet Union -- Drama
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Label
The human condition, Parts 1 & 2
Language
jpn
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The human condition
Oclc number
897772546
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Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1959
Runtime
206
Summary
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
Technique
live action
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