The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1959-01-15 Japan 206 Min. PG-13
8.1 250 votes
War, Drama, History

Overview

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.

Cast

Michiyo Aratama is Michiko
Michiko
Chikage Awashima is Tôfuku Kin
Tôfuku Kin
Ineko Arima is Shunran Yô
Shunran Yô
Sō Yamamura is Okishima
Okishima
Seiji Miyaguchi is Kyôritsu Ô
Kyôritsu Ô
Tōru Abe is Watarai Gunsô
Watarai Gunsô
Masao Mishima is Kuroki Shochô
Kuroki Shochô
Eitarō Ozawa is Okazaki
Okazaki
Kōji Mitsui is Furuya
Furuya
Akitake Kōno is Kôno Taii
Kôno Taii
Nobuo Nakamura is Honsha Buchô
Honsha Buchô
Kyū Sazanka is Meisan Chô
Meisan Chô
Shinsuke Ashida is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Keiji Sada is Kageyama
Kageyama
Yasushi Nagata is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Toshiko Kobayashi is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Akira Tani is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Junji Masuda is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Teruko Kishi is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Takamaru Sasaki is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Akio Isono is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Jun Ōtomo is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Zenichi Inagawa is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Shinichirō Minami is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Tokuko Sugiyama is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Sue Mitobe is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Nobuo Takagi is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Masami Maehata is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Keiji Tsuchida is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Isao Suenaga is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Jun Tanizaki is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Hisashi Taki is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Haruko Chichibu is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Tsuneko Sasaki is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Kanji Ōsugi is (uncredited)
(uncredited)