Masaki Kobayashi (1916–1996)

La condizione umana e una trilogia cinematografica giapponese del 1959, Tratta dal romanzo Ningen no jōken di Junpei Gomikawa, quest'opera, che consiste in una forte autocritica sul recente passato bellico giapponese, riscosse un enorme successo di pubblico e di critica in patria ed e considerata tuttora come uno dei capolavori del cinema giapponese. (fonte: retro del dvd)

”THE TOKYO TRIAL” is a 4 1/2-hour account of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East that is visually satisfying but historically empty. Masaki Kobayashi, the director, himself a prisoner of war, has interspersed the trial scenes with bits from World War II archives that, granted the importance of the trial itself, seem largely irrelevant. (fonte: imdb)

A samurai hoping for a hand-out is forced to commit suicide.

3/4 (Good).

It's clearly a major influence for Samurai Jack. The middle of the movie is painfully slow, and the ending is (deliberately) unsatisfying, but the great scenes are too great to give the movie less than a 3/4.

94/1500
exotic Japanese style production