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Directed by | Masaki Kobayashi |
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Based on | The Human Condition by Junpei Gomikawa |
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Cinematography | Yoshio Miyajima |
Edited by | Keiichi Uraoka |
Music by | Chuji Kinoshita |
Production company | Ninjin Club |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Country | Japan |
Languages | Japanese Mandarin Russian |
Box office | Japan rentals: ¥304.04 million (I)[1] ¥234.79 million (II)[2] |
The Human Condition (人間の條件, Ningen no jōken) is a trilogy of Japanese epic war drama films co-written and directed by Masaki Kobayashi, based on the novel of the same name by Junpei Gomikawa. The films are subtitled No Greater Love (1959), Road to Eternity (1959), and A Soldier's Prayer (1961).
The trilogy follows the life of Kaji, a Japanese pacifist and socialist, as he tries to survive in the totalitarian and oppressive world of World War II-era Japan.
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