
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed 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.
Top Billed Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Kaji

Michiyo Aratama
Michiko

Chikage Awashima
Tôfuku Kin

Ineko Arima
Shunran Yô

Sō Yamamura
Okishima
Featured Crew

Masaki Kobayashi
Director

Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay

Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
Jumpei Gomikawa
Novel
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Producer
Kazue Hirataka
Art Direction
Yûgorô Imai
Assistant Director
Koichi Inagaki
Assistant Director
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Production Manager

Zenzō Matsuyama
Screenplay
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography

Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer