Human Condition, The - Pt. 1 - No Greater Love
Director: Masaki Kobayashi; Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai; Release Date: June 22, 1999 |
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Human Condition, The - Pt. 1 - No Greater Love - This first segment of THE HUMAN CONDITION, Masaki Kobayashi's adaptation of Jumpei Gomikawa's novel NINGEN NO JOKEN, stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji. During WWII, the pacifist Kaji decides to avoid the draft by working as a labor superintendent at a mine in Manchuria. His efforts at treating the workers in a humane fashion backfire, blunted by the cruelty of their direct boss, Okazaki (Eitar? Ozawa), with only mine supervisor Okishima (S? Yamamura) offering support. To complicate matters, 600 ill and starving Chinese POWs arrive at the camp. Naturally, Kaji takes complete responsibility for them but soon finds that Chinese prisoners resent his attempts to treat them with kindness, too traumatized by the harsh treatment they've received from the Japanese to ever trust one of them. Consequently, Kaji's unusual behavior ends up angering both the prisoners and his fellow supervisors. When, after achieving a productivity gain, he decides to take a brief vacation, his enemies arrange for some of the Chinese pri...
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Key Information |
| Directors | Masaki Kobayashi |
| Stars | Tatsuya Nakadai |
| Actors | Keiji Sada |
| Genre | Foreign Films |
| Subgenre | Drama • Japane |
| MPAA Rating | Not Rated |
| Available Formats | VHS |
| UPC | 014381455021 |
| Release Date | 1958 |
| Running Time | 3hr 20min |
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Languages |
| Original Language | Japanese |
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DVD Editions |
| DVD Editions | DVD3hr 25minImage Entertainment, Inc.June 22, 1999Not Rated014381455021 |
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VHS Editions |
| VHS Editions | VHS3hr 20minSony Pictures Home EntertainmentOctober 25, 1989Not Rated |
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