TY  - ADVS
AU  - Wakatsuki,Shigeru
AU  - Kobayashi,Masaki
AU  - Matsuyama,Zenzō
AU  - Nakadai,Tatsuya
AU  - Aratama,Michiyo
AU  - Sada,Keiji
AU  - Nakamura,Tamao
AU  - Kawazu,Yūsuke
AU  - Ryū,Chishū
AU  - Naitō,Taketoshi
AU  - Takamine,Hideko
AU  - Miyajima,Yoshio
AU  - Kinoshita,Chūji
AU  - Kemp,Philip
AU  - Shinoda,Masahiro
AU  - Gomikawa,Junpei
ED  - Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
ED  - Janus Films.
ED  - Criterion Collection (Firm)
TI  - Ningen no jōken =: Human condition 
T2  - The Criterion collection
SN  - 9781604651614
PY  - 2009///
CY  - [Irvington, NY]
PB  - Criterion Collection
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - China
KW  - Drama
KW  - Japan
KW  - Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
KW  - Military deserters
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Epic films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical films
KW  - War films
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Fiction films
KW  - Film adaptations
N1  - 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; Special features (all on disc 4): 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; Disc 1: Parts 1 and 2 -- Disc 2: Parts 3 and 4 -- Disc 3: Parts 5 and 6 -- Disc 4: The supplements; Producer, Tatsuo Hosoya (2nd film); cinematography, Yoshio Miyajima ; art, Kazue Hirataka; music, Chuji Kinoshita ; editing, Keiichi Uraoka; Nakadai Tatsuya, Aratama Michiyo, Sada Keiji, Nakamura Tamao, Kawazu Yūsuke, Ryu Chishū, Naitō Taketoshi, Takamine Hideko; MPAA rating: not rated
N2  - 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
ER  -