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Masaki Kobayashi, Japan 1959-61, 587 min in three parts
In the fading days of WWII, young pacifist Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai) is thrust into every aspect of Japan’s ill-fated Manchurian campaign. As he progresses from the manager of a labor camp to a grunt private experiencing the brutality of basic training to his final destiny as a soldier and prisoner of war, Kaji finds his idealism and basic faith in humanity challenged at every step. The very definition of “epic,” Masaki Kobayashi’s Human Condition trilogy is a landmark of socially critical filmmaking, an angry, lyrical triumph whose every moment enthralls.
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