The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kaji

Michiyo Aratama

Michiko

Tamao Nakamura

Hinannmin no Shôjo

Yūsuke Kawazu

Terada Nitôhei

Chishū Ryū

Hinanmin no Chôrô

Taketoshi Naitō

Tange Ittôhei

Kyôko Kishida

Ryûko

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Reiko Hitomi

Umeko

Keijirō Morozumi

Hironaka Gôchô

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Koji Kiyomura

Hikita Ittôhei

Nobuo Kaneko

Kirihara Gôchô

Fujio Suga

Nagata Taii

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Dôkutsu Taichô

Kazuo Kitamura

Kitagô Sôchô

Toshio Takahara

Chôsen e Iku Heichô

Akira Yamanouchi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Noge Shôsa

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Kōichi Hayashi

Minagawa Tsûyaku

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Kō Mihashi

Rôkyôshi

Kichijirō Ueda

Sekitan'ya

Crew

Art

• Kazue Hirataka Art Direction
• Tetsuji Yamazaki Set Decoration

Camera

• Yoshio Miyajima Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Yōichi Mitsuoka Makeup Artist

Directing

• Masaki Kobayashi Director
• Koichi Inagaki Assistant Director

Editing

• Keiichi Uraoka Editor

Production

• Shigeru Wakatsuki Producer
• Masaki Kobayashi Producer

Sound

• Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer

Writing

• Masaki Kobayashi Screenplay
• Jumpei Gomikawa Novel
• Koichi Inagaki Screenplay
• Zenzō Matsuyama Screenplay

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