Sunday, November 22, 2009

Ningen no jôken (1959-1961) aka The Human Condition Trilogy

A massive post, which I'll formalize later with screenshots and all the usual details. All of them are in Japanese and Mandarin (I think the third film has some Russian in it, as well) with soft English subtitles (sub/idx format). DVD extras are available at the bottom. And a huge, huge thanks goes out to FLS for the release. Criterion too, of course, but I doubt they think much of any praise coming from me.

Ningen no jôken I (1959) aka The Human Condition I

[First CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 697MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1920kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 91kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

[Second CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 699MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1531kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 91kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

[Third CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 697MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1904kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 92kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

[Fourth CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 700MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1851kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 92kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

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Ningen no jôken II (1959) aka The Human Condition II

[First CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 699MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1679kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 87kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

[Second CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 696MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1937kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 87kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

[Third CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 698MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1198kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 85kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

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Ningen no jôken III (1961) aka The Human Condition III

[First CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 699MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1919kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 64kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

[Second CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 697MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 2272kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 64kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

[Third CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 699MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 2065kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 61kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

[Fourth CD] Source: DVDRip. FLS release, from the Criterion DVD.
File size: 697MB | Resolution: 640 x 272 (40:17 or 2.353)
Video: 1723kbps XviD 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 61kbps 1-channel Mono mp3

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Screenshot #4

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Also, the release came with some DVD extras, which I've packaged together in an RAR archive. From the release info: "This is the extras from the boxset. Three interviews. One with Masaki Kobayashi from Japanese TV in 1993. One with main lead Tatsuya Nakadai, done by Criterion in 2009 and one with admirer/filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda also from 2009. Just figured it would be nice to have these as an extra package so you can really suck into the Human Condition universe." Respectively, the durations/file sizes are 13:44/116 MB, 17:42/181 MB, and 24:42/173 MB. All are in Japanese with soft English subtitles (idx/sub format). I don't think anyone needs detailed audio/video information or screenshots or whatever.

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