The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

What it’s about

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.

Cast

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  Tatsuya Nakadai

  Kaji

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  Michiyo Aratama

  Michiko

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  Chikage Awashima

  Tôfuku Kin

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  Ineko Arima

  Shunran Yô

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  So Yamamura

  Okishima

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  Akira Ishihama

  Chin

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  Kōji Nanbara

  Kô

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  Seiji Miyaguchi

  Kyôritsu Ô

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  Tōru Abe

  Watarai Gunsô

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  Masao Mishima

  Kuroki Shochô

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  Eitarō Ozawa

  Okazaki

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  Kōji Mitsui

  Furuya