The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Immortal Story.

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

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

Crew

Masaki Kobayashi

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Screenplay

Keiichi Uraoka

Editor

Jumpei Gomikawa

Novel

Shigeru Wakatsuki

Producer

Kazue Hirataka

Art Direction

Yûgorô Imai

Assistant Director

Koichi Inagaki

Assistant Director

Shigeru Wakatsuki

Production Manager

Zenzō Matsuyama

Screenplay

Clips & Videos

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