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Director:
Masaki Kobayashi
Writers:
Zenzo Matsuyama (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
5 August 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History | War more
Plot:
Part three of a trilogy. After the Japanese defeat to the Russians in the last episode, Kaji, the Japanese soldier and humanist protagonist... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins more
User Comments:
not the gangster slash-em-up buddy film you thought it would be more (5 total)

Cast

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Tatsuya Nakadai ... Kaji
Michiyo Aratama ... Michiko
Tamao Nakamura ... Hinannmin no Shôjo
Yûsuke Kawazu ... Terada Nitôhei
Chishû Ryû ... Hinanmin no Chôrô
Taketoshi Naitô ... Tange Ittôhei
Kyôko Kishida ... Ryûko
Reiko Hitomi ... Umeko
Keijiro Morozumi ... Hironaka Gôchô (as Keijirô Morozumi)
Koji Kiyomura ... Hikita Ittôhei (as Kôji Kiyomura)
Nobuo Kaneko ... Kirihara Gôchô
Fujio Suga ... Nagata Taii
Tatsuya Ishiguro ... Dôkutsu Taichô
Kazuo Kitamura ... Kitagô Sôchô
Toshio Takahara ... Chôsen e Iku Heichô
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Soldier's Prayer
Ningen no jôken: Dai 5 bu - Shi no dasshutsu (Japan) (first part title)
Ningen no jôken: Dai 6 bu - Kôya no hôkô (Japan) (second part title)
Ningen no jôken: Kanketsu hen (Japan) (promotional title)
Ningen no joken V-VI
The Human Condition III (USA)
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Runtime:
190 min | West Germany:143 min | Japan:104 min (part 2)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese | Mandarin | Russian
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (f) | USA:GP
Company:
Ninjin Club more

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Trivia:
Is the first Japanese movie in stereo. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Ningen no jôken (1959/I) more

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18 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
not the gangster slash-em-up buddy film you thought it would be, 5 May 2004
Author: (errandjones@hotmail.com) from Annandale, NY

If you have any remote interest in film go see this right away. Don't bother watching if you are too scared to attempt the entire 10 hours in one sitting. It's worth it and then some. The actor playing Kaji was terrific and each part turns out better than the last (everything really, the acting/camera work... all the bells and whistles just sound better the further in you get). It definitely struck me as something Adolfas Mekas would totally dig, which says a lot. This is a must see. If you decide to bring the wife and kids (or husband and mother-in-law or what- have-you) just be warned: this movie involves a fair amount of human suffering, on and off the screen. -Ed Hellman.

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