Features

Excerpt from a Rare Directors Guild of Japan Video Interview with Director Masaki Kobayashi, Conducted by Filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda; ; New Video Interview with Actor Tatsuya Nakadai; Video Appreciation of Kobayashi and The Human Condition featuring Shinoda; ; Japanese Theatrical Trailers; ; Plus: An Essay by Critic Philip Kemp

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Human Condition
1. Part 1/Titles [2:36]
2. South Manchuria, 1943 [2:52]
3. Head Office [8:56]
4. Reporting for duty [7:38]
5. Conflicts begin [6:41]
6. Special laborers [12:20]
7. No escape [1:05]
8. Higher goals [1:56]
9. Needs of prisoners [5:21]
10. Heavy costs [6:12]
11. All accomplices [6:48]
12. Different plans [3:03]
13. Manipulated [7:59]
14. Chen's dilemma [7:16]
15. Impossible rules [6:43]
16. Eleven men [6:19]
17. Trust [5:00]
18. Signs of success [2:41]
19. Threats [3:16]
20. Intermission [3:04]
21. Part 2/Titles [2:10]
22. A big loss [7:33]
23. Increased force [5:55]
24. True love [8:17]
25. Last chance [8:24]
26. Power [9:02]
27. Tragic results [4:20]
28. A lesson [10:09]
29. A crucial decision [9:38]
30. Standing up [11:24]
31. No confession [7:19]
32. Visitors [7:01]
33. Emergency summons [2:36]
34. Persecuted [4:40]
Disc #2 -- The Human Condition
1. Part 3/ Titles [2:48]
2. Speaking Up [5:24]
3. Disgrace [4:19]
4. Under Surveillance [7:32]
5. A distant possibility [8:47]
6. One night [16:47]
7. No farewells [4:24]
8. Obara's will [2:19]
9. Exhaustion [5:48]
10. Humiliation [6:04]
11. Kaji's demand [5:13]
12. True fault [6:15]
13. The border [3:57]
14. Face-ups [5:27]
15. The swamp [6:28]
16. True comrades [:17]
17. Part 4/Familiar face [10:45]
18. Training the recruits [9:27]
19. Requests [6:40]
20. Doubts [3:02]
21. Insubordination [3:14]
22. Sent Away [8:35]
23. News from the front [7:05]
24. Casualties mount [3:43]
25. Fortification [4:56]
26. Heartfelt words [6:17]
27. Closing in [2:43]
28. Lucky few [12:12]
Disc #3 -- The Human Condition
1. Part 5/Titles [2:36]
2. Bloody [5:27]
3. Justifiable actions [7:53]
4. More mouths [8:25]
5. Burdens of compassion [4:55]
6. Breaking point [5:53]
7. Getting out [7:10]
8. Recognized [3:13]
9. The big question [4:00]
10. Militia [5:52]
11. Unforgiving elements [2:05]
12. Appetites [5:49]
13. Change of heart [5:08]
14. Surrounded [5:37]
15. No differences [6:18]
16. Siblings [9:59]
17. Part 6/Entrenched [3:48]
18. No deal [4:30]
19. Parting ways [2:12]
20. Close call [2:55]
21. Fair trade [7:24]
22. A shared fate [5:59]
23. Crucial decisions [11:50]
24. "Halt!" [5:11]
25. Work detail [3:27]
26. Salvaging for survival [1:36]
27. Unwanted reunion [4:56]
28. Accusations and threats [5:00]
29. Sabotage [13:00]
30. A promise [2:03]
31. The Soviet way [3:24]
32. Too late [4:18]
33. Promise fulfilled [4:45]
34. Returning [13:28]
1. Color bars [:00]