The Human Condition

1959-1961

Masaki Kobayashi’s three-part epic, The Human Condition, doesn’t seem to show up on many Best Films of All Time lists, and yet all three installments (technically, there are six chapters, presented two at a time, but I don’t want this to get too confusing) are perpetually in Letterboxd’s Top 25 Narrative Films (based on user ratings). It is spoken of wi…