The Human Condition Trilogy ( Ningen no jôken ) ( The Human Condition I: No Greater Love / The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity / The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer )

The Human Condition Trilogy (Blu-Ray) (*)

$29.99

Original Title: Ningen no jôken
Alternate Title: The Human Condition I: No Greater Love / The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity / The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Japanese ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
574 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1959-1961 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Masaki Kobayashi

Written By:
Zenzô Matsuyama
Masaki Kobayashi
Jumpei Gomikawa
Kôichi Inagaki

Actors:
Tatsuya Nakadai ..... Kaji
Michiyo Aratama ..... Michiko
Chikage Awashima ..... Tôfuku Kin
Ineko Arima ..... Shunran Yô
Keiji Sada ..... Kageyama
Sô Yamamura ..... Okishima
Akira Ishihama ..... Chin
Kôji Nanbara ..... Kô
Seiji Miyaguchi ..... Kyôritsu Ô
Tôru Abe ..... Watarai Gunsô
Masao Mishima ..... Kuroki Shochô
Eitarô Ozawa ..... Okazaki
Kôji Mitsui ..... Furuya
Akitake Kôno ..... Kôno Taii
Nobuo Nakamura ..... Honsha Buchô
Kyû Sazanka ..... Meisan Chô
Eijirô Tono
Yasushi Nagata
Yoshio Kosugi
Shinsuke Ashida ..... Matsuda
Toshiko Kobayashi
Taiji Tonoyama
Ryûji Kita
Akira Tani
Junji Masuda
Torahiko Hamada
Teruko Kishi ..... Okazaki's wife
Takamaru Sasaki
Seigô Fukuoka ..... Private Tanaka
Akio Isono
Kokinji Katsura ..... Sasa Nitôhei
Jun Tatara ..... Hino Jun'i
Michirô Minami ..... Yoshida Jôtôhei
Kei Satô ..... Shinjô Ittôhei
Kunie Tanaka ..... Obara Nitôhei
Ryôhei Uchida ..... Hashitani Gunsô
Kan Yanagiya ..... Tanoue Nitôhei
Kenjirô Uemura ..... Bannai Jôtôhei
Kaneko Iwasaki ..... Tokunaga Kangofu
Mayumi Kurata ..... Obara's Wife
Taketoshi Naitô ..... Tange Ittôhei
Hideo Kidokoro ..... Kudô Taii
Yoshiaki Aoki ..... Soga Gunsô
Rô Ose ..... Kubo Nitôhei
Tamotsu Tamura ..... Eiseiheichô
Ryoji Ito ..... Mizukami Heichô
Izumi Hara ..... Sawamura Fuchô
Sen Yano ..... Yamazaki Jôtôhei
Tôru Takeuchi ..... Shûban Shikan
Mareo Abe ..... Shibata Heichô
Akio Miyabe ..... Shirato Nitôhei
Takashi Ebata ..... Kanamori - Nitôhei
Shigeru Inagi ..... Ueda Jôtôhei
Tadahiko Kuroda ..... Môri Nitôhei
Ten Ai ..... Husband from Manjin
Ritsusen Oh ..... Wife from manjin
Keiji Sada ..... Kageyama Shôi
Yûsuke Kawazu ..... Terada Nitôhei
Tamao Nakamura ..... Hinannmin no Shôjo
Chishu Ryu ..... Hinanmin no Chôrô
Kyôko Kishida ..... Ryûko
Reiko Hitomi ..... Umeko
Keijirô Morozumi ..... Hironaka Gôchô
Kôji Kiyomura ..... Hikita Ittôhei
Nobuo Kaneko ..... Kirihara Gôchô
Fujio Suga ..... Nagata Taii
Tatsuya Ishiguro ..... Dôkutsu Taichô
Kazuo Kitamura ..... Kitagô Sôchô
Toshio Takahara ..... Chôsen e Iku Heichô
Akira Yamanouchi ..... Kira Jôtôhei
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi ..... Noge Shôsa
Kôichi Hayashi ..... Minagawa Tsûyaku
Kô Mihashi ..... Rôkyôshi
Kichijirô Ueda ..... Sekitan'ya
Saburô Bôya ..... Zakkaya
Masahiko Naruse ..... Chôsenjin
Takashi Sue ..... Ogura Heichô
Kin Sugai ..... Dôro no Hinanmin
Miyoko Nakamura ..... Zakkaya no Tsuma
Yoshie Minami ..... Rôkyôshi no Tsuma
Noriko Ishimoto ..... Sekitan'ya no Tsuma
Takayuki Shindô ..... Hinanmin no Shônen
Fumie Kitahara ..... Buraku no Hinanmin
Gen'ya Nagai ..... Heitai A

Synopsis:

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love: First of a trilogy of films. During the Second World War, a Japanese conscientious objector named Kaji works as a supervisor in a Manchurian prison camp. He hopes to avoid duty as a soldier, but he also hopes to be helpful to the welfare of his prisoners. An escape attempt by Chinese prisoners results in Kaji's arrest for collusion. He faces the possibility of transferral to combat--or worse. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity: Second part of a trilogy. Conscientious objector Kaji, now forced to serve in the Japanese army during the Second World War, helps a friend defect to the Russians and nearly goes with him. But despite his opposition to war, Kaji does his best to serve as help and guide to the men in his charge, most of whom are doomed to fall to the relentless attack of Russian armored divisions. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer: Part three of a trilogy. After the Japanese defeat to the Russians in the last episode, Kaji, the Japanese soldier and humanistic protagonist, 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. Ultimately, he finds himself in the exact opposite position he held in the first episode: Then a labor manager, Kaji is now a prisoner of war, forced to work for the Russians, who do not seem to hold to the Communist ideals in which Kaji himself had put his faith.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 25 August, 2025.