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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.

  • Number of Movies: 3
  • Revenue: -

Featured Cast

  1. Tatsuya Nakadai
  2. Michiyo Aratama

    Michiyo Aratama

    Michiko

  3. Tamao Nakamura

    Tamao Nakamura

    Hinannmin no Shôjo

  4. Chikage Awashima

    Chikage Awashima

    Tôfuku Kin

  5. Kokinji Katsura

    Kokinji Katsura

    Sasa Nitôhei

  6. Yūsuke Kawazu

    Yūsuke Kawazu

    Terada Nitôhei

  7. Ineko Arima

    Ineko Arima

    Shunran Yô

  8. Jun Tatara

    Jun Tatara

    Hino Jun'i

  9. Chishū Ryū

    Chishū Ryū

    Hinanmin no Chôrô

  10. Sō Yamamura

    Sō Yamamura

    Okishima

  11. Michirō Minami

    Michirō Minami

    Yoshida Jôtôhei

  12. Taketoshi Naitō

    Taketoshi Naitō

    Tange Ittôhei

  13. Kei Satō

    Kei Satō

    Shinjô Ittôhei

  14. Akira Ishihama

Featured Crew

  1. Masaki Kobayashi

    Masaki Kobayashi

    Directing, Writing

  2. Zenzō Matsuyama
  3. Kôichi Inagaki

    Writing

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

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.

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