The.Human.Condition.1959-1961.CRITERION.DVDRip.x264.AC3-KARiNA

The.Human.Condition.1959-1961.CRITERION.DVDRip.x264.AC3-KARiNA

Synopsis.

The Human Condition | Japan | 1959-1961 | Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

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.

The Human Condition I
IMdB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053114/ | Rating: 8.6 / 10 (615 votes)

The Human Condition II
IMdB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053115/ | Rating: 8.5 / 10 (445 votes)

The Human Condition III
IMdB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055233/ | Rating: 8.8 / 10 (443 votes)

Cast.

Kaji Tatsuya Nakadai
Michiko (Parts 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6) Michiyo Aratama
Jin Tung Fu (Parts 1 and 2) Chikage Awashima
Yang Chun Lan (Parts 1 and 2) Ineko Arima
Kageyama (Parts 1 and 4) Keiji Sada
Okishima (Parts 1 and 2) So Yamamura
Chen (Parts 1 and 2) Akira Ishihama
Kao (Parts 1 and 2) Shinji Nambara
Wang Heng Li (Parts 1 and 2) Seiji Miyaguchi
Sergeant Watai (Parts 1 and 2) Toru Abe
Manager Kuroki (Parts 1 and 2) Masao Mishima
Okazaki (Parts 1 and 2) Eitaro Ozawa
Furuya (Parts 1 and 2) Koji Mitsui
Captain Kono (Parts 1 and 2) Akitake Kono
Head Office Chief (Parts 1 and 2) Nobuo Nakamura
Cho Meisan (Parts 1 and 2) Kyu Sazanka
Sasa (Part 3) Kokinji Katsura
Hino (Part 3) Jun Tatara
Yoshida (Part 3) Michio Minami
Shinjo (Part 3) Kei Sato
Obara (Part 3) Kunie Tanaka
Tange (Part 3, 5, and 6) Taketoshi Naito
Terada (Parts 4, 5, and 6) Yusuke Kawazu
Naruto (Part 4) Susumu Fujita
Onodera (Part 4) Minoru Chiaki
Officer aspirant (Part 4) Shoji Yasui
Staff officer (Part 4) Fumio Watanabe
Refugee (Part 5) Tamao Nakamura
Old man in refugee camp (Part 6) Chishu Ryu
Old woman in refugee camp (Part 6) Hideko Takamine
Tatsuko (Part 5) Kyoko Kishida
Umeko (Part 5) Reiko Hitomi
Hironaka (Part 5) Keijiro Morozumi
Hikida (Part 5) Koji Kiyomura
Kirihara (Part 5 and 6) Nobuo Kaneko
Russian officer (Part 6) Ed Keene
Chabayev (Part 6) Ronald Self

Credits.

Director Masaki Kobayashi
Producer Shigeru Wakatsuki
Screenplay Zenzo Matsuyama and Masaki Kobayashi
Based on the novel by Jumpei Gomikawa
Production managers Tatsuo Osawa and Zempei Moriyama
Cinematography Yoshio Miyajima
Lighting Takashi Kato and Akira Aomatsu
Editing Keiichi Uraoka
Music Chuji Kinoshita
Sound Hideo Nishizaki
Art direction Kazue Hirataka

KARiNA.