The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Original title

人間の條件　完結篇

Directed by

Masaki Kobayashi

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

3h 10m

Rating

8.4 of 10 from 216 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This film follows a Japanese soldier struggling with his conscience during World War Two. He faces brutal conditions and impossible moral choices.

bleakslow-burnharrowingcontemplativeintensemelancholicvisceral

What happens

A Soldier's Prayer (Japanese: 人間の條件 完結篇) is a 1961 Japanese film co-written and directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is the third part of The Human Condition trilogy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.