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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

Drama History War

The Immortal Story.

Release Date: 1959, January 15
Directors: Masaki Kobayashi
Countries: Japan
Production: Ninjin Club
Cast: Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Akira Tani, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Masao Mishima, Nobuo Nakamura, Kōji Mitsui, Kyū Sazanka, Tokuko Sugiyama, Jun Ōtomo, So Yamamura

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

world war ii snow fascism soldier prison escape romantic tragic japan conscientious objector chinese shallow grave mandarin ore mine