The Human Condition (Ningen no joken) Trilogy (1959 – 1961) 3 DVD9 + DVD5 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.

3 DVD9 + DVD5 | NTSC 16:9 | 03:26:26 + 02:57:59 + 03:10:19
7.46 Gb + 7.00 Gb + 7.53 Gb + 3.73 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Japanese (Dolby AC3, 1 ch)
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, History, War

Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Kokinji Katsura, Tamao Nakamura
Country: Japan
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