The Human Condition I: No Greater Love poster
Director Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Original Title: 人間の條件 第1部純愛篇/第2部激怒篇

Tagline: The Immortal Story.

Release Date: 1959-01-15

Duration: 206 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Tatsuya Nakadai
    Kaji
  • Junkichi Orimoto
    (uncredited)
  • Shinsuke Ashida
    (uncredited)
  • Kyū Sazanka
    Meisan Chô
  • Akitake Kōno
    Kôno Taii
  • Seiji Miyaguchi
    Kyôritsu Ô
  • Eijirō Tōno
  • Nobuo Nakamura
    Honsha Buchô
  • Keiji Sada
    Kageyama
  • Masao Mishima
    Kuroki Shochô

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