The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

IMDb 8.1 1959 • 204 min • WarDramaHistory

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Country

JP

Plot Summary

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed 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.

Top Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Kaji
Michiyo Aratama
Michiyo Aratama Michiko
Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima Tôfuku Kin
Ineko Arima
Ineko Arima Shunran Yô
So Yamamura
So Yamamura Okishima