The Human Condition (1959-61) - CRITERION Extras
XviD/AVI | 720x400 + 640x480 | AC3 192kbps | Japanese | English idx/sub | 1.09GB
Art-House / Interviews / Trailers
XviD/AVI | 720x400 + 640x480 | AC3 192kbps | Japanese | English idx/sub | 1.09GB
Art-House / Interviews / Trailers
Based in part on a six-volume novel by Junpei Gomikawa and, in part, on Kobayashi's own wartime experiences as a pacifist trying to survive in the Japanese army, The Human Condition is as grand in scale and scope as that other anti-war classic, Gone With the Wind. Like the South, Japan lost a war and can't stop talking about it. Every great Japanese director has a movie about the traumas of WWII under his belt, but none is as ambitious as The Human Condition.
This post contains all the extras from Disc 4. This includes several 'hidden scenes' - entertaining out-takes of interviews with Tatsuya Nakadai and Masahiro Shinoda not accessible from the main DVD menu. These hidden VOBs were discovered during the ripping process. Also included are trailers of all three double-features, and DVD Menu screenshots from all four discs.
Masaki Kobayashi Interview (1993)
Tatsuya Nakadai Interview (2009)
Nakadai was beaten up for real in this scene
Masahiro Shinoda Interview (2009)
RS Links
Part 01|Part 02|Part 03|Part 04|Part 05|Part 06
RS Links
Part 01|Part 02|Part 03|Part 04|Part 05|Part 06
For DVD/booklet scans, please see evaristegalois's original post. Many thanks to him for all the DVD9s.