The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959

The Immortal Story.

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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.

Release Date 1959-01-15
Runtime 3h 26m
Directors Masaki Kobayashi, Yoshio Miyajima, Yûgorô Imai, Kôichi Inagaki
Producer Shigeru Wakatsuki
Writers Jumpei Gomikawa, Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama