The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Ningen no jôken
1959, Film, 208 min, Drama, History, War, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 78
The Immortal Story.
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.
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji
- Michiyo Aratama as Michiko
- Chikage Awashima as Tôfuku Kin
- Ineko Arima as Shunran Yô
- Keiji Sada as Kageyama
- Sō Yamamura as Okishima
- Akira Ishihama as Chin
- Kōji Nanbara as Kô
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyôritsu Ô
- Tōru Abe as Watarai Gunsô
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