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Ningen no jōken [videorecording]
Title:
Ningen no jōken [videorecording]
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[videorecording] / Shōchiku Eiga ; seisaku, Wakatsuki Shigeru ; gensaku, Gomikawa Junpei ; kyakushoku, Matsuyama Zenzō, Kobayashi Masaki ; kantoku, Kobayashi Masaki.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2009.
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (574 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : 19 cm.)
ISBN:
9781604651614
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General Note:
DVD release of the motion picture, originally released from 1959-1961 as three films.
A foreign film (Japan).
Based on the novel by Junpei Gomikawa.
Theatrical release in the US by Janus Films.
Booklet contains essay "The prisoner" by Philip Kemp.
Special features (all on disc 4): excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview by Masahiro Shinoda of director Masaki Kobayashi (1993); new video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai (2009); video appreciation of Kobayashi featuring Masashiro Shinoda (2009); three Japanese theatrical trailers.
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: not rated.
Not rated.
14A.
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Title (vernacular script):
人間の條件 [videorecording] / 松竹映画 ; 製作, 若槻繁 ; 原作, 五味川純平 ; 脚色, 松山善三, 小林正樹 ; 監督, 小林正樹.
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Variant Title:
Title on disc label: Human condition
Contents:
Disc 1: Parts 1 and 2 -- Disc 2: Parts 3 and 4 -- Disc 3: Parts 5 and 6 -- Disc 4: The supplements.
Credits:
Producer, Tatsuo Hosoya (2nd film); cinematography, Yoshio Miyajima ; art, Kazue Hirataka; music, Chuji Kinoshita ; editing, Keiichi Uraoka.
Performer:
Nakadai Tatsuya, Aratama Michiyo, Sada Keiji, Nakamura Tamao, Kawazu Yūsuke, Ryu Chishū, Naitō Taketoshi, Takamine Hideko.
Technical Details:
DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. and surround.
Language:
In Japanese, with optional subtitles in English.