The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
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.
Director:
Masaki Kobayashi
Writers:
Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama.
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji |
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Michiyo Aratama as Michiko |
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Chikage Awashima as Tôfuku Kin |
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Ineko Arima as Shunran Yô |
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So Yamamura as Okishima |
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Akira Ishihama as Chin |
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Kōji Nanbara as Kô |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyôritsu Ô |
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Tōru Abe as Watarai Gunsô |
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Masao Mishima as Kuroki Shochô |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Okazaki |
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Kōji Mitsui as Furuya |
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Akitake Kōno as Kôno Taii |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Honsha Buchô |
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Kyū Sazanka as Meisan Chô |
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Eijirō Tōno as |
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Shinsuke Ashida as (uncredited) |
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Keiji Sada as Kageyama |
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Yasushi Nagata as (uncredited) |
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Yoshio Kosugi as (uncredited) |
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Toshiko Kobayashi as (uncredited) |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Akira Tani as (uncredited) |
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Junji Masuda as (uncredited) |
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Torahiko Hamada as (uncredited) |
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Teruko Kishi as (uncredited) |
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Takamaru Sasaki as (uncredited) |
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Akio Isono as (uncredited) |
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Jun Ōtomo as (uncredited) |
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Junkichi Orimoto as (uncredited) |
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Zenichi Inagawa as (uncredited) |
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Shinichirō Minami as (uncredited) |
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Hōsei Komatsu as |
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Tokuko Sugiyama as (uncredited) |
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Sue Mitobe as (uncredited) |
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Nobuo Takagi as (uncredited) |
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Masami Maehata as (uncredited) |
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Keiji Tsuchida as (uncredited) |
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Isao Suenaga as (uncredited) |
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Jun Tanizaki as (uncredited) |
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Hisashi Taki as (uncredited) |
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Haruko Chichibu as (uncredited) |
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Tsuneko Sasaki as (uncredited) |
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Kanji Ōsugi as (uncredited) |
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Ryuji Kita as |
| Directing | Masaki Kobayashi | Director |
| Writing | Masaki Kobayashi | Screenplay |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka | Editor |
| Writing | Jumpei Gomikawa | Novel |
| Production | Shigeru Wakatsuki | Producer |
| Art | Kazue Hirataka | Art Direction |
| Directing | Yûgorô Imai | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Koichi Inagaki | Assistant Director |
| Production | Shigeru Wakatsuki | Production Manager |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yoshio Miyajima | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
