The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(1959)
★ 8.1 IMDb · 296 votes
Year: 1959
Runtime: 206 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 小林正樹
Cast: Тацуя Накадай, 新珠三千代, 淡島千景, 有馬稲子, 山村聰, 石濱朗, 南原宏治, 宮口精二, 安部徹, 三島雅夫
Plot
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.