Wow, it's almost as if the game being made by Americans accidentally highlighted the imperialist and oppressive elements of samurai culture without a complete lack of criticism towards it. Even Kurosawa would be disappointed (typically featured the peasants and poor samurai as the primary heroes/survivors in his jidaigeki), Kobayashi is just laughing from the grave)
Really though, I guess we haven't learned from Spec Ops: The Line
No question. Kobayashi was a real one.
No other director would have dared to do The Human Condition as a 10+hr movie in post-war Japan
I still haven't watched The Human Condition. Waiting for Criterion to do a Blu-ray release, but my resolve falters just a bit more each year. Eventually might give and make a weekend of it.
If you can stand to watch it without special features, I uploaded it here
Ooohhhh, is this an HD rip or is it just from DVDs?
I believe they are HD rips, not sure where from but 1080p x264
Oh sweet. Will download tonight then, that's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks comrade!