New - No Longer Human

(1978)

★ 4 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1978

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Kôhei Yoshidome

Cast: 大森博史, 森本レオ, うえだ峻, 下川辰平, 浅茅しのぶ, 中島葵, Etsuko Ohtsuka, 伊佐山ひろ子, 吉田日出子, Дзюн Хамамура

Plot

Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title) and goes down the stairs to self-destruction step by step.