The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Jan 15, 1959

3h 26m

★ 8.1

The Immortal Story.

Overview

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.

Genres

War

Drama

History

Production Companies

Ninjin Club

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Trailers

Cast

Kaji

Tatsuya Nakadai

Michiko

Michiyo Aratama

Tôfuku Kin

Chikage Awashima

Shunran Yô

Ineko Arima

Okishima

So Yamamura

Chin

Akira Ishihama

Kô

Kōji Nanbara

Kyôritsu Ô

Seiji Miyaguchi

Watarai Gunsô

Tōru Abe

Kuroki Shochô

Masao Mishima

Okazaki

Eitarō Ozawa

Furuya

Kōji Mitsui

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