The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
人間の條件 完結篇
War, Drama, History • 3h 10m
Overview
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.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Yūsuke Kawazu, Chishū Ryū, Taketoshi Naitō, Kyôko Kishida, Reiko Hitomi, Keijirō Morozumi, Koji Kiyomura, Nobuo Kaneko, Fujio Suga, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Kazuo Kitamura, Toshio Takahara, Akira Yamanouchi, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi, Kōichi Hayashi, Kō Mihashi, Kichijirō Ueda, Hideko Takamine, Masahiko Naruse, Kin Sugai, Miyoko Nakamura, Yoshie Minami, Fumie Kitahara, Gen'ya Nagai, Hideo Fukuhara, Kanji Ōsugi, Akira Kimura, Yoshiko Watanabe, Saburō Bōya, Takashi Sue, Tetsuo Mizoi, Daijirô Minami, Hideko Aki, Ed Keane, Henrî Ban, Torauemon Utazawa
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
US Lionsgate Blu-ray looks very different from either Italy Eagle Pictures or Germany Kinowelt Blu-ray: https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=502 but other than color grading looks better
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
US Lionsgate Blu-ray looks very different from either Italy Eagle Pictures or Germany Kinowelt Blu-ray: https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=502 but other than color grading looks better
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Director: Noah Baumbach
Director: Noah Baumbach
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Leo McCarey
More War on Blu-ray
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps
Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray; Arrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison
Theatrical cut is fine.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps
Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray; Arrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison
Theatrical cut is fine.
Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray?
Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray?
US Paramount has poor encoding
Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray?
Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray?
US Paramount has poor encoding
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray?
better than Constantin Germany 4K Blu-ray and Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray
Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray's encode is awful.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray?
better than Constantin Germany 4K Blu-ray and Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray
Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray's encode is awful.
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Director: Mick Jackson
Severin 4K Blu-ray see comparison but HDR is on the bright side
Director: Mick Jackson
Severin 4K Blu-ray see comparison but HDR is on the bright side
Director: John Ford
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: John Ford
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
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