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Director:

Masaki Kobayashi

Writers:

Zenzo Matsuyama (screenplay) &
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Contact:

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Release Date:

14 December 1959 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | History | War more

Plot:

First of a trilogy of films. During the Second World War, a Japanese conscientious objector named Kaji... more | add synopsis

Awards:

3 wins more

User Comments:

A masterpiece. more (8 total)


Cast

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Tatsuya Nakadai ... Kaji
Michiyo Aratama ... Michiko
Chikage Awashima ... Tôfuku Kin
Ineko Arima ... Shunran Yô
Keiji Sada ... Kageyama
Sô Yamamura ... Okishima
Akira Ishihama ... Chin
Kôji Nanbara ... Kô (as Shinji Nanbara)
Seiji Miyaguchi ... Kyôritsu Ô
Tôru Abe ... Watarai Gunsô
Masao Mishima ... Kuroki Shochô
Eitarô Ozawa ... Okazaki
Koji Mitsui ... Furuya (as Kôji Mitsui)
Akitake Kôno ... Kôno Taii
Nobuo Nakamura ... Honsha Buchô
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Ningen no jôken: Dai 1 bu - Jun'ai hen (Japan) (first part title)
Ningen no jôken: Dai 1 hen (Japan) (promotional title)
Ningen no jôken: Dai 2 bu - Gekido hen (Japan) (second part title)
Ningen no joken I-II
No Greater Love
The Human Condition I (USA)
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Runtime:

208 min | West Germany:157 min | Japan:96 min (part 2)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | Mandarin

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16

Company:

Ninjin Club more


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Movie Connections:

Followed by Ningen no jôken (1959/II) more


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A masterpiece., 14 September 2000
Author: matrac from Montreal

The greatest film ever made! And I've seen many, many films. This even supercedes The Seven Samurai which I consider a masterwork. The Human Condition is 10 hours and in 3 movies. A stunning performance by Tatsuya Nakadai. Find the 3 parts, hie yourself off to a monastery and watch them, with a bit of a breather between each movie. Stroheim's Greed was about 10 hours before the Hollywood hacks cut it back. This one is intact. It is subtitled and not dubbed.

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