Human Condition, Part 1: No Greater Love (1958)
- Starring:
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, (more)
- Director(s):
- Masaki Kobayashi
Synopsis of Human Condition, Part 1: No Greater Love
Originally titled Ningen No Joken, No Greater Love is the first of Japanese filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi's Human Condition trilogy. Drawing from his own experiences, Kobayashi weaves the tale of a Japanese pacifist, trying to get by as best he can during World War II. Tatsuya Nakadai plays the leading role of a mine supervisor, whose kindly treatment of POW laborers incurs the wrath of his superiors. As the war in the Pacific rages on, Japan begins suffering heavy losses and military humiliations, yet still Nakadai adheres to his principles. Ultimately overwhelmed by events, Nakadai is horribly mistreated by the powers-that-be, then ordered to don a uniform and fight for his country. Originally released at 200 minutes, No Greater Love was followed in 1961 by the first of two sequels, Road to Eternity (see entry 23819) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Human Condition, Part 1: No Greater Love
- Tatsuya Nakadai - Kaji
- Chikage Awashima - Jin Tung Fu
- Ineko Arima - Yang Chun Lan
- Akira Ishihama - Chen
- Toru Abe - Sergeant Watai
- Kyu Sazanka - Cho Meisan
- Masao Mishima - Kuroki
- Keiji Sada - Kageyama
- Yasushi Nagata
- Michiyo Aratama - Machiko
- So Yamamura - Okishima
- Eitaro Ozawa - Okazaki
- Shinji Nambara - Kao
- Eijiro Tono
- Yoshio Kosugi
- Koji Mitsui - Furya
- Seiji Miyaguchi - Wang Heng Li
- Nobuo Nakamura - Chief of Head Office
- Director(s):
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Writer(s):
- Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzo Matsuyama
- Producer(s):
- Shigeru Wakatsuki
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