Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 204 min
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
- japan
- fascism
- world war ii
- prison escape
- conscientious objector
- snow
- soldier
- chinese
- shallow grave
- mandarin
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- So Yamamura — Okishima
- Akira Ishihama — Chin
- Kōji Nanbara — Kô
- Seiji Miyaguchi — Kyôritsu Ô
- Tōru Abe — Watarai Gunsô
- Masao Mishima — Kuroki Shochô
- Eitarō Ozawa — Okazaki
- Kōji Mitsui — Furuya
- Akitake Kōno — Kôno Taii
- Nobuo Nakamura — Honsha Buchô
- Kyū Sazanka — Meisan Chô
- Directed
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Written
- Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama
Production
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 · 289 ratings
- Studio
- Ninjin Club
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1959 · You’re hereThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Where it starts.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
