The Human Condition (film series)

The Human Condition
The Human Condition
	Criterion Collection DVD cover art
Directed by	Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay by	Masaki Kobayashi; Zenzo Matsuyama; (all parts); Koichi Inagaki; (III only);
Based on	The Human Condition by Junpei Gomikawa
Produced by	Shigeru Wakatsuki; (all parts); Masaki Kobayashi; (II and III only);
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai; Michiyo Aratama;
Cinematography	Yoshio Miyajima
Edited by	Keiichi Uraoka
Music by	Chuji Kinoshita
Production; company	Ninjin Club
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release dates	15 January 1959 (I); 20 November 1959 (II); 28 January 1961 (III);
Running time	579 minutes (all parts); 208 minutes (I); 181 minutes (II); 190 minutes (III);
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese; Mandarin; Russian
Box office	Japan rentals: ¥304.04 million (I); ¥234.79 million (II)

The Human Condition (人間の條件, Ningen no jōken) is a trilogy of Japanese epic war drama films co-written and directed by Masaki Kobayashi, based on the novel of the same name by Junpei Gomikawa. The films are subtitled No Greater Love (1959), Road to Eternity (1959), and A Soldier's Prayer (1961).

The trilogy follows the life of Kaji, a Japanese pacifist and socialist, as he tries to survive in the totalitarian and oppressive world of World War II-era Japan.