Ningen no joken I

original title:
Ningen no joken I
other titles:
Human Condition I - No Greater Love, (Barfuß durch die Hölle I)
country / year of production:
Japan / 1959
original length:
208 min. , black/white
premiere:
USA: 14 December 1959
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Jumpei Gomikawa. Ningen no joken. Moskva: Chudož. Lit., 1985.
director:
Masaki Kobayashi
film script:
Masaki Kobayashi , Jumpei Gomikawa
producer:
Shigeru Wakatsuki
cinematographer:
Yoshio Miyajima (II)
editor:
Keiichi Uraoka
composer:
Chuji Kinoshita
cast (role):
Tatsuya Nakadai (Kaji) , Michiyo Aratama (Machiko) , Ineko Arima (Yan Chun Lan) , Chikage Awajima (Jin Tung Fu) , Keiji Sada (Kageyama) , Tatsuya Nakadai , Michiyo Aratama , Ineko Arima , Chikage Awajima , Keiji Sada
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plot synopsis:
First part of a triology. During the Second World War, a Japanese conscientious objector named Kaji works as a supervisor in a Manchurian prison camp. He hopes to avoid duty as a soldier, but he also hopes to be helpful to the welfare of his prisoners. An escape attempt by Chinese prisoners results in Kaji's arrest for collusion. He faces the possibility of transferral to combat...or worse.
keywords:
prisoners of war , prisoner camps , escape , resistance, opposition , dersertion
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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availability:
DVD