The human condition Ningen no jōken
人間の條件 /
DVD - 2009
Tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji 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.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Epic films
War films
Feature films
Film adaptations
Historical films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, NY] :
Criterion Collection
2009.
- Language
- Japanese
English - Corporate Author
- Corporate Author
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Special edition; DVD edition
- Item Description
- DVD release of the motion picture, originally released from 1959-1961 as three films: No greater love, The road to eternity, and A soldier's prayer.
A foreign film (Japan).
Based on the novel by Junpei Gomikawa.
Theatrical release in the US by Janus Films.
Booklet contains essay "The prisoner" by Philip Kemp.
Special features: excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview by Masahiro Shinoda of director Masaki Kobayashi (1993); new video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai (2009); video appreciation of Kobayashi featuring Masashiro Shinoda (2009); three Japanese theatrical trailers. - Physical Description
- 3 volumes (4 videodiscs) (approximately 574 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. and surround.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: not rated.
- Production Credits
- Cinematography, Yoshio Miyajima ; art, Kazue Hirataka; music, Chuji Kinoshita ; editing, Keiichi Uraoka.
- ISBN
- 9781604651614
- [v. 1.] Disc 1: Parts 1 and 2
- [v. 2.] Disc 2: Parts 3 and 4
- [v. 3.] Disc 3: Parts 5 and 6 ; Disc 4: The supplements.