Product Details

• Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Yûsuke Kawazu, Chishû Ryû
• Directors: Masaki Kobayashi
• Writers: Masaki Kobayashi, Jumpei Gomikawa, Koichi Inagaki, Zenzo Matsuyama
• Producers: Masaki Kobayashi, Shigeru Wakatsuki
• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: August 3, 1999
• Run Time: 190 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6305472602
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,646 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

In the third and final part of "The Human Condition," Kaji (Tetsuyo Nakadai) is the sole surviving member of his unit and surrenders to the advancing Soviet Army. Hoping for better treatment than he received from his own army, Kaji is accused of murder and threatened with execution. Once again he must escape his captors, this time across a desolate field in the midst of a blizzard.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars final part of one of the greatest anti-war films, August 19, 2004

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This review is from: Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer (DVD)

The acting is inspiring, the script gut-wrenchingly convincing and the cinematography on a par with that of other Japanese classics. This three-part series tells it like it was without cliches and the impact is restrained enough to last for three hours in each episode. Kaji, an idealistic Japanese man with socialist inclinations is embroiled in the fascist culture of WWII Japan. His struggle as a conscientious objector has universal overtones: the conflicts between mass mania and personal integrity, between nationalistic tribalism and humanistic sensitivity, between the pack mentality of bullying and the vulnerability of someone who stands up for what is right.