New - No Longer Human

Name: New - No Longer Human
Released: 1978
Rating: 4.0

新・人間失格

4.0 (1) ·1978 ·98 min ·Movie

Drama

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.