The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

You lead straggling soldiers across Manchuria after the war. You want to go home. But survival demands impossible choices at every turn. Kobayashi indicts militarism itself. The film lingers.

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Masaki Kobayashi directed The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer in 1961. See Masaki Kobayashi's full filmography, where to start with Masaki Kobayashi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masaki Kobayashi.

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer was released in 1961 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 190 minutes.