Jan 15, 1959
206 min
Full-HD

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

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.

Category

War Drama History

Country

Japan

Companies

Ninjin Club

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kaji

Michiyo Aratama

Michiko

Chikage Awashima

Tôfuku Kin

Ineko Arima

Shunran Yô

Sō Yamamura

Okishima

Akira Ishihama

Chin

Kôji Nanbara

Kô

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyôritsu Ô

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