The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

War
Drama
History

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

Kaji
Tatsuya Nakadai
Michiko
Michiyo Aratama
Okazaki
Eitarō Ozawa
Furuya
Kōji Mitsui
Kôno Taii
A Akitake Kōno
Honsha Buchô
Nobuo Nakamura
Meisan Chô
Kyū Sazanka
Eijirō Tōno
(uncredited)
Shinsuke Ashida
Kageyama
Keiji Sada
(uncredited)
Y Yasushi Nagata
(uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi
Tôfuku Kin
Chikage Awashima
(uncredited)
Toshiko Kobayashi
Taiji Tonoyama
(uncredited)
Akira Tani
(uncredited)
J Junji Masuda
(uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
(uncredited)
Teruko Kishi
(uncredited)
Takamaru Sasaki
(uncredited)
Akio Isono
(uncredited)
Jun Ōtomo
(uncredited)
Junkichi Orimoto
Shunran Yô
Ineko Arima
(uncredited)
Z Zenichi Inagawa
(uncredited)
S Shinichirō Minami
Hōsei Komatsu
(uncredited)
Tokuko Sugiyama
(uncredited)
S Sue Mitobe
(uncredited)
Nobuo Takagi
(uncredited)
M Masami Maehata
(uncredited)
K Keiji Tsuchida
(uncredited)
Isao Suenaga
(uncredited)
J Jun Tanizaki
Okishima
Sō Yamamura
(uncredited)
H Hisashi Taki
(uncredited)
H Haruko Chichibu
(uncredited)
T Tsuneko Sasaki
(uncredited)
K Kanji Ōsugi
Ryuji Kita
Chin
Akira Ishihama
Kô
Kôji Nanbara
Kyôritsu Ô
Seiji Miyaguchi
Watarai Gunsô
Tōru Abe
Kuroki Shochô
Masao Mishima

Crew

Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Novel
J Jumpei Gomikawa
Screenplay
Masaki Kobayashi
Producer
S Shigeru Wakatsuki
Editor
Keiichi Uraoka
Art Direction
K Kazue Hirataka
Production Manager
S Shigeru Wakatsuki
Screenplay
Zenzō Matsuyama
Director of Photography
Y Yoshio Miyajima
Original Music Composer
Chūji Kinoshita
Assistant Director
Y Yûgorô Imai
Assistant Director
K Kôichi Inagaki