The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Movie"Love is the Condition for Being Human."
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NR 3 hr 10 minDrama, History, WarThe Human Condition Collection PosterPart of The Human Condition Collection
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After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
StarringTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaTamao Nakamura
DirectorMasaki Kobayashi

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Ninjin Club
Movie Tags:
world war iisequeljapansoldierchinachineseprisoner of warjapanese armymanchuria

The Human Condition Collection

The Human Condition is a Japanese film epic released as a trilogy between 1959 and 1961. The trilogy follows the life of Kaji, a Japanese pacifist and socialist, as he tries to survive in the totalitarian and oppressive world of World War II-era Japan. Taken altogether as a single film, it is 9 hours and 47 minutes long, which includes intermissions, making it one of the longest narrative films ever made. While the films earned considerable controversy at the time of their release in Japan, The Human Condition was critically acclaimed, won many international awards, and has since established Masaki Kobayashi as one of the most important Japanese directors of his generation.