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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.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Cast
Tatsuya NakadaiKaji
Michiyo AratamaMichiko
Chikage AwashimaTôfuku Kin
Ineko ArimaShunran Yô
So YamamuraOkishima
Akira IshihamaChin
Kōji NanbaraKô
Seiji MiyaguchiKyôritsu ÔCredits
- Directed by
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Written by
- Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama, Jumpei Gomikawa
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 人間の條件 第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇
- Collection
- The Human Condition Collection
Production
- Ninjin ClubJapan
Themes
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