The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
About 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 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,…
Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition I: No Greater Love is a 1959 history war film. Tatsuya Nakadai takes the lead as Kaji, Michiyo Aratama as Michiko, Chikage Awashima as Tôfuku Kin, and Ineko Arima as Shunran Yô.
Released in January 1959, it runs 204 minutes. Written by Masaki Kobayashi and Zenzō Matsuyama. It was produced by Ninjin Club.
Shelv files it under soldier, complex, tragic, and snow. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel. It scores 8.2 out of 10 from 307 TMDB voters.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World make useful companions to The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, all filed under chinese and complicated.