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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; A Soldier&#8217;s Prayer</title>
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		<title>THE HUMAN CONDITION d: Masaki Kobayashi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Soldier's Prayer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Masaki Kobayashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michiyo Aratama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Greater Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tatsuya Nakadai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Criterion Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Condition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Road to Eternity]]></category>
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The Human Condition Trilogy
No Greater Love (1959), The Road to Eternity (1959), A Soldier&#8217;s Prayer (1961)
Direction: Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay: Zenzo Matsuyama and Masaki Kobayashi; from Jumpei Gomikawa&#8217;s novel
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama
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Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Nakadai in The Human Condition
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Masaki Kobayashi&#8217;s The Human Condition, based on Jumpei Gomikawa&#8217;s novel, is probably as well known for its scope and scale  as for any other reason.  Originally  released as three films &#8212; No Greater Love (1959), The Road to Eternity (1959),  and A Soldier&#8217;s Prayer (1961) &#8212; Criterion has packaged everything together as one massive, nine-and-a-half-hour  opus chronicling the adventures of Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai), a young Japanese  unwillingly participating in the Imperial Army in World War II.  The film&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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