The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · directed by Masaki Kobayashi
- Rating
- 79/100
- Hit
- no
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.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959), directed by Masaki Kobayashi, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Michiyo Aratama
- Chikage Awashima
- Ineko Arima
- So Yamamura
- Akira Ishihama
- Kōji Nanbara
- Seiji Miyaguchi
- Tōru Abe
- Masao Mishima
Crew
- Yoshio Miyajima — Director of Photography
- Keiichi Uraoka — Editor
- Chūji Kinoshita — Original Music Composer
- Masaki Kobayashi — Screenplay
- Zenzō Matsuyama — Screenplay
More from Masaki Kobayashi
- Harakiri (1962) — 92/100 · hit
- Samurai Rebellion (1967) — 88/100 · hit
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) — 86/100 · hit
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) — 84/100 · hit
- Kwaidan (1965) — 83/100 · hit
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