FILM SCREENINGS

Human Condition I: No Greater Love

PG-12, 12+

Program Introduction

國影電影編號:2026_04_01
放映規格:35mm
級別:輔導12級
片長:208分鐘
發音:日語、中文
字幕:中文▲

 

▲ 影片拷貝非英語發音且無英文字幕 Non-English language film without English subtitles. 

 

小林正樹 KOBAYASHI Masaki|日本 Japan|1959|35mm|B&W|208min

 

1959 電影旬報年度十大日本影片(第五名)、最佳女演員
Top 10 Japanese Films (5th Place) & Best Actress, Kinema Junpo
1960 威尼斯影展聖喬治獎 San Giorgio Prize, Venice FF
1960 威尼斯影展帕西內蒂獎 Premio Pasinetti, Venice FF

 

1943年,懷抱人道主義理想的梶,偕同妻子美千子前往滿洲老虎嶺礦場,出任戰時勞工監工一職。他試圖在殖民體制內推行改革、改善戰俘待遇,卻屢遭官僚排擠與軍方威壓,亦無法取信於遭受虐待的中國勞工。戰爭機器不斷剝奪選擇的可能,梶的處境愈發孤立,該如何讓所有人保有生存的尊嚴?他又如何保有身而為人的良心?

 

甫出茅廬的仲代達矢繼《黑河》後二度與小林正樹合作,以正氣而克制的表演詮釋梶的進退兩難,為仲代演藝之路的大躍進。這部現實主義鉅作乃小林正樹改編五味川純平的同名小說,為日本反戰電影的巔峰之作。攝影師宮島義勇的固定鏡頭與黑白寬銀幕攝影,形塑了沉穩莊重的視覺風格,使這部影像史詩回歸冷靜凜然的現實凝視。

 

In 1943, Kaji, guided by humanist ideals, travels with his wife to a mining site in Manchuria to serve as a wartime labor supervisor, attempting to reform an oppressive colonial system from within. Caught between military authority, bureaucratic pressure, and the distrust of abused Chinese laborers, his efforts only deepen his isolation. Faithfully adapted from Gomikawa Junpei's novel, Kobayashi Masaki's austere antiwar epic employs fixed camera compositions and black-and-white widescreen cinematography to stage a relentless moral inquiry—asking what dignity, and humanity itself, can mean under the machinery of war.