The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

3h 26m

War Drama History

8.1

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.

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Michiyo Aratama

Chikage Awashima

Seiji Miyaguchi

Shinsuke Ashida

Toshiko Kobayashi

Torahiko Hamada

Takamaru Sasaki

Junkichi Orimoto

Zenichi Inagawa

Shinichirō Minami

Tokuko Sugiyama

Haruko Chichibu

Crew

Masaki Kobayashi

Director, Screenplay

Zenzō Matsuyama

Jumpei Gomikawa

Yoshio Miyajima

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Shigeru Wakatsuki

Producer, Production Manager

Chūji Kinoshita

Original Music Composer