The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's PrayerCast and Crew

Movie"Love is the Condition for Being Human."

Crew

K
Kazue Hirataka
Art Direction
J
Jumpei Gomikawa
Novel
K
Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
S
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Producer
Z
Zenzō Matsuyama
Screenplay
Y
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography
K
Kôichi Inagaki
Screenplay
T
Tetsuji Yamazaki
Set Decoration
Y
Yōichi Mitsuoka
Makeup Artist
K
Kôichi Inagaki
Assistant Director

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.