The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
War • 1961 • 3 hr 10 min
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A fine conclusion for the first and second movies
Satisfying conclusion to the intense epic, great acting as well
The closing of a journey. Makes you think about for a long time after watching.
A gripping conclusion to this epic trilogy that also serves as an emotional gut punch. Deeply devastating.
It's pretty bold to name your film trilogy after... you know, but it pretty much nails it.
, it delivers a bleak yet profound statement on the futility of moral resistance in an indifferent and cruel world.
Just when you think it couldn’t get sadder, it does!
Astonishing trilogy
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Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.
