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Plot:	Masaki Kobayashi's nine-and-a-half-hour film follows the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji, a military man constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system who time and again finds his morals an impediment rather than an advantage.
Overview:	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.
Cast:	Tatsuya Nakadai  ||  Michiyo Aratama  ||  Chikage Awashima  ||  Ineko Arima  ||  Keiji Sada  ||  So Yamamura  ||  Akira Ishihama  ||  Shinji Nambara  ||  Seiji Miyaguchi  ||  Toru Abe  ||  Masao Mishima  ||  Eitaro Ozawa  ||  Koji Mitsui  ||  Akitake Kono  ||  Nobuo Nakamura  ||  Kyu Sazanka  ||  Kokinji Katsura  ||  Jun Tatara  ||  Michio Minami  ||  Kei Sato  ||  Kunie Tanaka  ||  Taketoshi Naito (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	574 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo) Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0 - Mono)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Criterion Collection  [A USA-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Stereo Mono Black & White Director's Interview Tatsuya Nakadai Interview Video Appreciation Of Kobayashi Philip Kemp Essay Collectible Booklet Newly Translated English Subtitles Restored & Remastered In HD Trailers