人間の條件 /
Ningen no jōken = Human condition / Shōchiku Eiga ; seisaku, Wakatsuki Shigeru ; gensaku, Gomikawa Junpei ; kyakushoku, Matsuyama Zenzō, Kobayashi Masaki ; kantoku, Kobayashi Masaki = The human condition / a Shochiku film ; produced by Shigeru Wakatsuki ; screenplay by Zenzo Matsuyama and Masaki Kobayashi ; directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: CC1819D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 480.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2009.Description: 4 videodiscs (574 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781604651614
- 160465161X
- Title on disc label: Human condition
- Human condition
- Producer, Tatsuo Hosoya (2nd film); cinematography, Yoshio Miyajima ; art, Kazue Hirataka; music, Chuji Kinoshita ; editing, Keiichi Uraoka.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD | Main Library | DVD | WORLD Human co | Available | 33111009507993 |
DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. and surround.
In Japanese, with optional subtitles in English.
880-02 Nakadai Tatsuya, Aratama Michiyo, Sada Keiji, Nakamura Tamao, Kawazu Yūsuke, Ryu Chishū, Naitō Taketoshi, Takamine Hideko.
880-03 Producer, Tatsuo Hosoya (2nd film); cinematography, Yoshio Miyajima ; art, Kazue Hirataka; music, Chuji Kinoshita ; editing, Keiichi Uraoka.
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.
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.
MPAA rating: not rated.