[Ningen no jōken] 人間の條件

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1Artymedon
Bearbeitet: Jun. 19, 2012, 10:03 pm

Is there an English translation of the book by Junpei Gomikawa from which Masaki Kobayashi made his famous movie?

Thank you for your responses. Please indicate which publisher.

Any e-book English or French version of the same?

2signature103
Bearbeitet: Jul. 2, 2012, 7:11 pm

There doesn't seem to be an English translation out there.

I have heard of the film but never seen it. Interestingly, the philosopher Hannah Arendt published a book with the same the title one year before the release of the film (1959). Gomikawa wrote his work between 1956 and 1958. Coincidence? She may have borrowed his title.

He won the Kikuchi Kan Prize but not the Naoki or Akutagawa Prizes (the two more prestigous awards). A minor writer and so probably not translated.

Telling also that the Japanese Wikipedia page for him gives a link to the book but the link is to Arendt's book, not his. There may not even be a page on J-Wikipedia for this work.

The film was probably better recognised.

3Artymedon
Jul. 2, 2012, 7:00 pm

Thank you. Your answer opens many avenues to follow to continue appreciating Japanese literature. The film is an epic for which I heard from the author's interview in the criterion dvd that there were annual events giving it in theaters in Japan: 10 hours of continuous vision. As the subject is the unfolding of the Manchurian occupation by Japan, I read that it all started with Somerset Maugham in Moscow and his efforts and that of British Intelligence to create a counterweight to the Bolshevick revolution by having 300,000.00 Japanese troops help the White Russians win the 1918-1919 war. Events did not turn out as Mr. Maugham wished them. If a minor writer, he surely inspired a mighty powerful film narrative which is one of the 10 that changed my life. Again, many thanks for your response.

4tros
Bearbeitet: Jul. 2, 2012, 10:48 pm

"The Human Condition" is my all-time favorite film. I gave up looking for a non-existent translation quite a while ago, alas. My 2nd and 3rd favorite films are also Kobayashi: Kwaidan and Harakiri.

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