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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Immortal Story.

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WarDramaHistory

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

206 mins

Rating

8.1/10

Release Date

15 January 1959

Country

Japan

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kaji

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Michiko

Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

Tôfuku Kin

Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima

Shunran Yô

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Okishima

Akira Ishihama

Akira Ishihama

Chin

Kōji Nanbara

Kōji Nanbara

Kô

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyôritsu Ô

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Watarai Gunsô

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Kuroki Shochô

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Okazaki

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Furuya

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Kôno Taii

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Honsha Buchô

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Meisan Chô

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Shinsuke Ashida

Shinsuke Ashida

(uncredited)

Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Kageyama

Yasushi Nagata

Yasushi Nagata

(uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi

Yoshio Kosugi

(uncredited)

Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi

(uncredited)

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Akira Tani

Akira Tani

(uncredited)

Junji Masuda

Junji Masuda

(uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

(uncredited)

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

(uncredited)

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

(uncredited)

Akio Isono

Akio Isono

(uncredited)

Jun Ōtomo

Jun Ōtomo

(uncredited)

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

(uncredited)

Zenichi Inagawa

Zenichi Inagawa

(uncredited)

Shinichirō Minami

Shinichirō Minami

(uncredited)

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Tokuko Sugiyama

Tokuko Sugiyama

(uncredited)

Sue Mitobe

Sue Mitobe

(uncredited)

Nobuo Takagi

Nobuo Takagi

(uncredited)

Masami Maehata

Masami Maehata

(uncredited)

Keiji Tsuchida

Keiji Tsuchida

(uncredited)

Isao Suenaga

Isao Suenaga

(uncredited)

Jun Tanizaki

Jun Tanizaki

(uncredited)

Hisashi Taki

Hisashi Taki

(uncredited)

Haruko Chichibu

Haruko Chichibu

(uncredited)

Tsuneko Sasaki

Tsuneko Sasaki

(uncredited)

Kanji Ōsugi

Kanji Ōsugi

(uncredited)

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

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