REVIEWS AND PRESS

"Amazingly powerful in its emotional sweep and the depth of its historical insight ... Kobayashi's monumental film can clarify and enrich your understanding of what it is to be alive." - A.O. Scott, The New York Times

"An extraordinary achievement by any standard." - David Fear, Time Out New York

"Nakadai ... delicately lays out one of the most inspired, engaging, and essential performances ever captured on film." - S. James Snyder, The New York Sun

"A richly rewarding visual and human experience ... Nakadai's performance as a man of Christlike forbearance, who travels to the edge of human endurance in a doomed and lonely struggle against an evil society, is both moving and charismatic." - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

"Absorbing ... The film retains its power today." - John Hartl, The Seattle Times

"A masterpiece on all fronts." - Bill White, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"One of the most searing portraits of World War II-era Japan ... If you consider yourself a film fan, you should make every effort to see at least one part of this epic trilogy." - Bob Ham, LivePDX

"This stunner pulls no punches ... A monumental anti-war statement, The Human Condition demands devotion and takes no prisoners." - Serena Donadoni, Detroit Metro Times

"[FOUR STARS] ... Beautiful, compelling ... An epic personal strugle between compassion and brute force." - J.R. Jones, The Chicago Reader