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The Human Condition

DVD - 2009 DVD FLC-JPN Human 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.7 out of 5

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Call Number: DVD FLC-JPN Human
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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DVD release of the motion picture, originally released from 1959-1961 as three films.
A foreign film (Japan).
Based on the novel by Junpei Gomikawa.
Theatrical release in the US by Janus Films.
Booklet contains essay "The prisoner" by Philip Kemp.
Special features (all on disc 4): excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview by Masahiro Shinoda of director Masaki Kobayashi (1993); new video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai (2009); video appreciation of Kobayashi featuring Masashiro Shinoda (2009); three Japanese theatrical trailers.
Disc 1: Parts 1 and 2 -- Disc 2: Parts 3 and 4 -- Disc 3: Parts 5 and 6 -- Disc 4: The supplements.
880-02 Nakadai Tatsuya, Aratama Michiyo, Sada Keiji, Nakamura Tamao, Kawazu Yūsuke, Ryu Chishū, Naitō Taketoshi, Takamine Hideko.
Tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji 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.
DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. and surround.
Contents: Ningen no jōken.

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