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Title:

Ningen no jōken [videorecording] = The human condition / Shochiko Co. ; Janus Films ; producer, Shigeru Wakatsuki ; screenplay, Zenzo Matsuyama, Masaki Kobayashi ; director, Masaki Kobayashi.

Format:

[videorecording] =

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

4 videodiscs (574 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--China--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Drama.
Prisoners of war--Drama.
War films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996.
Miyashima, Yoshio.
Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
Aratama, Michiyo.
Matsuyama, Zenzō.
Kinoshita, Chuji
Gomikawa, Junpei, 1916-1995. Ningen no jōken.
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Notes:

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama. DVD release of the motion picture originally released from 1959-1961. Based on the novel by Junpei Gomikawa. Special features: excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi ; new video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai ; video appreciation of Kobayashi featuring Shinoda ; Japanese theatrical trailers ; booklet with essay by critic Philip Kemp.

Summary:

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.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 480

ISBN:

160465161X
9781604651614

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320780072

UPC:

715515046619

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)