Ningen no joken III

original title:
Ningen no joken III
other titles:
Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer, (Barfuß durch die Hölle III - ... und dann kam das Ende)
country / year of production:
Japan / 1961
original length:
190 min. , black/white
premiere:
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Jumpei Gomikawa. Ningen no joken. Moskva: Chudož. Lit., 1985.
director:
Masaki Kobayashi
film script:
Jumpei Gomikawa , Masaki Kobayashi , Zenzo Matsuyama , Koichi Inagaki
producer:
Masaki Kobayashi , Shigeru Wakatsuki
cinematographer:
Yoshio Miyajima (II)
editor:
Keiichi Uraoka
composer:
Chuji Kinoshita
cast (role):
Tatsuya Nakadai (Kaji) , Michiyo Aratama (Machiko) , Yusuke Kawazu (Terade) , Tamao Nakamura (Girl refugee) , Chishu Ryu (Village elder) , Tatsuya Nakadai , Michiyo Aratama , Yusuke Kawazu , Tamao Nakamura , Chishu Ryu
more:
plot synopsis:
Last part of a triology. Conscientious objector Kaji, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Soviet troops and imprisoned in Siberia, where his record as a prison labor camp supervisor ironically brands him as a war criminal. Kaji attempts to escape from the horrors of the Russian Gulag.
keywords:
prisoners of war , prisoner camps , escape , war crimes
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
availability:
DVD