Film

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959 · 3h 24m · War · Drama · History

The Immortal Story.

IMDb

8.5

Rotten Tomatoes

73%

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.

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kaji

Michiyo Aratama

Michiko

Chikage Awashima

Tôfuku Kin

Ineko Arima

Shunran Yô

So Yamamura

Okishima

Akira Ishihama

Chin

Kōji Nanbara

Kô

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyôritsu Ô

Tōru Abe

Watarai Gunsô

Masao Mishima

Kuroki Shochô

Eitarō Ozawa

Okazaki

Kōji Mitsui

Furuya

Akitake Kōno

Kôno Taii

Nobuo Nakamura

Honsha Buchô

Kyū Sazanka

Meisan Chô

Eijirō Tōno

• Masaki KobayashiDirector · Screenplay
• Zenzō MatsuyamaScreenplay
• Jumpei GomikawaNovel
• Shigeru WakatsukiProducer
• Yoshio MiyajimaDirector of Photography
• Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
• Keiichi UraokaEditor

The Human Condition 1: No Greater Love Original Trailer (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)

Release date

January 15, 1959

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

3h 24m

Rated

12

Genres

War, Drama, History

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