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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Dir. Masaki Kobayashi·1959·3h 24m

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.

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

Masaki Kobayashi

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3h 24m
Cross-source blend ~81/100

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Countries

Japan

Ratings

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8.1/10

280 votes

Rating consensus

81/100 blend

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Warm reception overall — weighted ~81/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kaji

Michiyo Aratama

Michiko

Chikage Awashima

Tôfuku Kin

Ineko Arima

Shunran Yô

So Yamamura

Okishima

Akira Ishihama

Chin

Kōji Nanbara

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyôritsu Ô

Tōru Abe

Watarai Gunsô

Masao Mishima

Kuroki Shochô

Eitarō Ozawa

Okazaki

Kōji Mitsui

Furuya

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