The Human Condition (Criterion Collection)

Description

Author: Kokinji Katsura

Brand: Image Entertainment

Features:

• Shrink-wrapped

Format: Box set

PartNumber: CRRN1819DVD

Release Date: 14-07-2009

Details: Masaki Kobayashis mammoth humanist drama is one of the most staggering achievements of Japanese cinema. Originally filmed and released in three parts, the nine-and-a-half-hour The Human Condition (Ningen no joken), adapted from Junpei Gomikawas six-volume novel, tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji (handsome Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai) 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. A raw indictment of its nations wartime mentality as well as a personal existential tragedy, Kobayashis riveting, gorgeously filmed epic is novelistic cinema at its best.

UPC: 715515046619

EAN: 0715515046619

Model: CRRN1819DVD

Languages: English

Binding: dvd

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood