The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Chikage Awashima, Sō Yamamura, Seiji Miyaguchi
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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.
- Original title
- 人間の條件 第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇
- Original language
- Japanese
- Screenplay
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Cinematography
- Yoshio Miyajima
- Cast
- Seiji Miyaguchi, Eitarō Ozawa
Updated July 22, 2026
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