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Wednesday, Jul 24, 2019
7 PM (206 mins)
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer
(Ningen no joken)
featuring
(Ningen no joken)
Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, So Yamamura,
By Part III of Kobayashi’s World War II epic, the Japanese army is being routed by superior Russian troops. Soldier Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai) is captured by the Soviets and imprisoned, learning the bitter truth about the Red Army as liberators.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Zenzo Matsuyama
Based On
the novel by Junpei Gomikawa
Cinematographer
- Yoshio Miyajima
Language
- Japanese
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- B&W
- 'Scope 35mm
- 196 mins
Source
- Janus Films