Masaki Kobayashi, the acclaimed director of Japanese classics such as “HARA-KIRI” and “Samurai Rebellion” has always made a powerful stance against established authority. He made a scathing indictment of the “Code of Bushido” and criticized the way samurai clans have treated its retainers and their families. Kobayashi’s “THE HUMAN CONDITION” is his fearless indictment of the war itself that criticizes established authority. Based … more