The Human Condition, Ningen no joken I, No Greater Love, The Human Condition I
Date: 1959
Parts: 4
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: First of a trilogy of films. During the Second World War, a Japanese conscientious objector named Kaji works as a supervisor in a Manchurian prison camp. He hopes to avoid duty as a soldier, but he also hopes to be helpful to the welfare of his prisoners. An escape attempt by Chinese prisoners results in Kaji’s arrest for collusion. He faces the possibility of transferral to combat–or worse. Tatsuya Nakadai … Kaji Michiyo Aratama … Michiko Ineko Arima … Yang Chun Lan Chikage Awashima … Jin Tung Fu Keiji Sada … Kageyama S? Yamamura … Okishima Akira Ishihama … Chen Koji Nambara Seiji Miyaguchi … Wang Heng Li Toru Abe … Sgt. Watai Masao Mishima … Kuroki Eitar? Ozawa … Okazaki rest of cast listed alphabetically: Koji Mitsui … Furya Nobuo Nakamura … Chief of Head Office Shinji Nambara … Kao Kyu Sazanka … Cho Meisan
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