Presented with a 10-min intermission.



The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer

(Ningen no joken)

Masaki Kobayashi
Japan, 1961
featuring

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Yusuke Kawazu,

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

Cinematographer

  • Yoshio Miyajima

Language

  • Japanese
  • with English subtitles

Print Info

  • B&W
  • 'Scope 35mm
  • 191 mins

Source

  • Janus Films

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