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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

206 minutes

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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.

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Tatsuya Nakadai headshot

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kaji

Michiyo Aratama headshot

Michiyo Aratama

Michiko

Chikage Awashima headshot

Chikage Awashima

Tôfuku Kin

Ineko Arima headshot

Ineko Arima

Shunran Yô

Sō Yamamura headshot

Sō Yamamura

Okishima

Akira Ishihama headshot

Akira Ishihama

Chin

Kôji Nanbara headshot

Kôji Nanbara

Seiji Miyaguchi headshot

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyôritsu Ô

Tōru Abe headshot

Tōru Abe

Watarai Gunsô

Masao Mishima headshot

Masao Mishima

Kuroki Shochô

Eitarō Ozawa headshot

Eitarō Ozawa

Okazaki

Kōji Mitsui headshot

Kōji Mitsui

Furuya

Akitake Kōno headshot

Akitake Kōno

Kôno Taii

Nobuo Nakamura headshot

Nobuo Nakamura

Honsha Buchô

Kyū Sazanka headshot

Kyū Sazanka

Meisan Chô

Eijirō Tōno headshot

Eijirō Tōno

Shinsuke Ashida headshot

Shinsuke Ashida

(uncredited)

Keiji Sada headshot

Keiji Sada

Kageyama

Yasushi Nagata headshot

Yasushi Nagata

(uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi headshot

Yoshio Kosugi

(uncredited)

Toshiko Kobayashi headshot

Toshiko Kobayashi

(uncredited)

Taiji Tonoyama headshot

Taiji Tonoyama

Akira Tani headshot

Akira Tani

(uncredited)

Junji Masuda headshot

Junji Masuda

(uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada headshot

Torahiko Hamada

(uncredited)

Teruko Kishi headshot

Teruko Kishi

(uncredited)

Takamaru Sasaki headshot

Takamaru Sasaki

(uncredited)

Akio Isono headshot

Akio Isono

(uncredited)

Jun Ōtomo headshot

Jun Ōtomo

(uncredited)

Junkichi Orimoto headshot

Junkichi Orimoto

(uncredited)

Zenichi Inagawa headshot

Zenichi Inagawa

(uncredited)

Shinichirō Minami headshot

Shinichirō Minami

(uncredited)

Hōsei Komatsu headshot

Hōsei Komatsu

Tokuko Sugiyama headshot

Tokuko Sugiyama

(uncredited)

Sue Mitobe headshot

Sue Mitobe

(uncredited)

Nobuo Takagi headshot

Nobuo Takagi

(uncredited)

Masami Maehata headshot

Masami Maehata

(uncredited)

Keiji Tsuchida headshot

Keiji Tsuchida

(uncredited)

Isao Suenaga headshot

Isao Suenaga

(uncredited)

Jun Tanizaki headshot

Jun Tanizaki

(uncredited)

Hisashi Taki headshot

Hisashi Taki

(uncredited)

Haruko Chichibu headshot

Haruko Chichibu

(uncredited)

Tsuneko Sasaki headshot

Tsuneko Sasaki

(uncredited)

Kanji Ōsugi headshot

Kanji Ōsugi

(uncredited)

Ryuji Kita headshot

Ryuji Kita