The Human Condition [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Criterion Collection / (3Pc) (Br)

Overview

This mammoth humanist drama by Masaki Kobayashi is one of the most staggering achievements of Japanese cinema. Originally filmed and released in three installments of two parts each, the nine-and-a-half-hour The Human Condition, adapted from Junpei Gomikawa's six-volume novel, tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji-played by the Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai-from labor camp supervisor to Imperial Army soldier to Soviet prisoner of war. Constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system, Kaji time and again finds his morals to be an impediment rather than an advantage. A raw indictment of Japan's wartime mentality as well as a personal existential tragedy, Kobayashi's riveting, gorgeously filmed epic is novelistic cinema at its best.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/08/2021
UPC:	0715515259811
Original Release:	2021
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	9:35:00
Sales rank:	8,558