The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Ningen no jôken
Love is the Condition for Being Human.
190 min
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.
- Release date
- January 28, 1961
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Chûji Kinoshita
Where to watch
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Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji
- Michiyo Aratama as Michiko
- Tamao Nakamura as Hinannmin no Shôjo
- Yûsuke Kawazu as Terada Nitôhei
- Chishū Ryū as Hinanmin no Chôrô
- Taketoshi Naitō as Tange Ittôhei
- Kyôko Kishida as Ryûko
- Reiko Hitomi as Umeko
- Keijirô Morozumi as Hironaka Gôchô
- Kôji Kiyomura as Hikita Ittôhei
- Nobuo Kaneko as Kirihara Gôchô
- Fujio Suga as Nagata Taii
- Tatsuya Ishiguro as Dôkutsu Taichô
- Kazuo Kitamura as Kitagô Sôchô
- Toshio Takahara as Chôsen e Iku Heichô
- Akira Yamanouchi
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Noge Shôsa
- Kôichi Hayashi as Minagawa Tsûyaku
- Kō Mihashi as Rôkyôshi
- Kichijirō Ueda as Sekitan'ya
- Hideko Takamine as Hinanmin no Onna
- Masahiko Naruse as Chôsenjin
- Kin Sugai as Dôro no Hinanmin
- Miyoko Nakamura as Zakkaya no Tsuma
- Yoshie Minami as Rôkyôshi no Tsuma
- Fumie Kitahara as Buraku no Hinanmin
- Hideo Fukuhara as Heitai B
- Akira Kimura as Chûgokujin no Wakamono
Crew
- Masaki Kobayashi · Director
- Zenzō Matsuyama · Writer
- Kôichi Inagaki · Writer
- Masaki Kobayashi · Writer
- Jumpei Gomikawa · Writer
- Masaki Kobayashi · Producer
- Shigeru Wakatsuki · Producer
- Chûji Kinoshita · Composer
- Yoshio Miyajima · Cinematographer
- Keiichi Uraoka · Editor