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The Human Condition is a Japanese epic film trilogy made between 1959 and 1961, based on the six-volume novel published from 1956 to 1958 by Junpei Gomikawa. It was directed by Masaki Kobayashi and stars Tatsuya Nakadai. 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. Altogether, as a single film it is 9 hours, 47 minutes long, not including intermissions, making it one of the longest fiction films ever made.
Original Release
01/15/1959
US Release
12/14/1959
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tatsuya Nakadai | Kaji |
| Michiyo Aratama | Michiko |
| Chikage Awashima | Tôfuku Kin |
| Ineko Arima | Shunran Yô |
| Keiji Sada | Kageyama |
| Sô Yamamura | Okishima |
| Akira Ishihama | Chin |
| Koji Nanbara | Kô |
| Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyôritsu Ô |
| Tôru Abe | Watarai Gunsô |
Directors
Writers
Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzô Matsuyama, Jumpei Gomikawa
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tatsuya Nakadai | Kaji |
| Michiyo Aratama | Michiko |
| Chikage Awashima | Tôfuku Kin |
| Ineko Arima | Shunran Yô |
| Keiji Sada | Kageyama |
| Sô Yamamura | Okishima |
| Akira Ishihama | Chin |
| Koji Nanbara | Kô |
| Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyôritsu Ô |
| Tôru Abe | Watarai Gunsô |
| Masao Mishima | Kuroki Shochô |
| Eitarô Ozawa | Okazaki |
| Kôji Mitsui | Furuya |
| Akitake Kôno | Kôno Taii |
| Nobuo Nakamura | Honsha Buchô |
| Kyû Sazanka | Meisan Chô |
| Eijirô Tôno | |
| Yasushi Nagata | |
| Yoshio Kosugi | |
| Shinsuke Ashida | Matsuda |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Shigeru Wakatsuki | Producer |
