The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959): Where to Watch, Cast & Facts

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. The Immortal Story.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Criterion Channel. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai as Kaji; Michiyo Aratama as Michiko; Chikage Awashima as Tôfuku Kin; Ineko Arima as Shunran Yô; So Yamamura as Okishima; Akira Ishihama as Chin; Kōji Nanbara as Kô; Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyôritsu Ô

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, and the military police.

More like The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

• The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
• Empire of the Sun
• The Last Emperor
• Prisoner of War
• The Great Escape
• Paradise Road
• The Ballad of Narayama
• Wife of a Spy

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