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World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Drama.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Drama.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Drama.
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The
human
condition
[videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Masaki Kobayashi.
Criterion Collection, 2009.
Call #:
DVD HUM Wor
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Drama.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Drama.
Series
Criterion collection ; 480.
ISBN:
9781604651614
160465161X
Alternate title:
Human
condition
. I, No greater love [videorecording (DVD)]
Human
condition
. II, Road to eternity [videorecording (DVD)]
Human
condition
.
IIi
, A
soldier
's
prayer
[videorecording (DVD)]
Ningen no jôken [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
4 videodiscs (574 min.) : Dolby digital sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 folded sheet insert.
Notes:
Based on the sixt-volume novel by Junpei Gomikawa.
Originally released as a motion picture trilogy in 1959 and 1961.
Special features: New, restored high-definition transfer ; excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi ; new video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai ; video appreciation of Kobayashi featuring Shinoda ; Japanese theatrical trailers ; new and improved English subtitles ; PLUS: a booklet with essay by critic Philip Kemp.
Home use only.
In Japanese (mono./stereo.) with optional English subtitles.
Production:
Shochiko Co. ; Janus Films ; producer, Shigeru Wakatsuki ; screenplay, Zenzo Matsuyama, Masaki Kobayashi, Koichi Inagaki ; director, Masaki Kobayashi.
Performers:
Tatsuya Nakadai and Michiyo Aratama.
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."--Container.
Genre:
Japanese films.
Foreign films.
Epic films.
Anti-war films.
Prison films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Gomikawa, Junpei, 1916-1995. Ningen no jōken.
Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996.
Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
Aratama, Michiyo.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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