The Human Condition (film series)

The Human Condition
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Directed by	Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay by	Masaki Kobayashi Zenzo Matsuyama (all parts) Koichi Inagaki (III only)
Based on	The Human Condition by Junpei Gomikawa
Produced by	Shigeru Wakatsuki (all parts) Masaki Kobayashi (II and III only)
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai Michiyo Aratama
Cinematography	Yoshio Miyajima
Edited by	Keiichi Uraoka
Music by	Chuji Kinoshita
Production company	Ninjin Club
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release dates	15 January 1959 (1959-01-15) (I) 20 November 1959 (1959-11-20) (II) 28 January 1961 (1961-01-28) (III)
Running time	579 minutes (all parts) 208 minutes (I) 181 minutes (II) 190 minutes (III)
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese Mandarin Russian
Box office	Japan rentals: ¥304.04 million (I)[1] ¥234.79 million (II)[2]

The Human Condition (人間の條件, Ningen no jōken) is a trilogy of Japanese epic war drama films co-written and directed by Masaki Kobayashi, based on the novel of the same name by Junpei Gomikawa. The films are subtitled No Greater Love (1959), Road to Eternity (1959), and A Soldier's Prayer (1961).

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.