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The Human Condition Collection

The Human Condition Collection

The Human Condition is a Japanese film epic released as a trilogy between 1959 and 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. Taken altogether as a single film, it is 9 hours and 47 minutes long, which includes intermissions, making it one of the longest narrative films ever made. While the films earned considerable controversy at the time of their release in Japan, The Human Condition was critically acclaimed, won many international awards, and has since established Masaki Kobayashi as one of the most important Japanese directors of his generation.

3 movies 1959 – 1961 9h 32m total 50 snapshots 424 solvers

Drama History War

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

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Movies in this collection

Ningen no jôken (I)

1959 3h 24m Dir. Masaki Kobayashi

Drama History War

The Human Condition is a Japanese epic film trilogy made between 1959 and 1961. The trilogy follows the life of Kaji, a Japanese pacifist and socialist, as he tries to survive in the fascist and oppressive world of WWII-era Japan. No Greater Love (1959) opens with Kaji marrying his sweetheart Michiko despite his misgivings about the future.

Ningen no jôken (II)

1959 2h 58m Dir. Masaki Kobayashi

Drama History War

As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.

Ningen no jôken (III)

1961 3h 10m Dir. Masaki Kobayashi

Drama History War

The Japanese forces having been shattered, Kaji and some comrades embark on an epic journey on foot southward to where Kaji hopes to rejoin Michiko. After surviving many perils he is captured by the Red Army and subjected to treatment that echoes that meted out to the Chinese.