The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

"The Immortal Story."

★ 8.1/10 (282 votes)

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3h 24m

War Drama History

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Criterion Channel

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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