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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) Full Cast & Crew

1959Movie"The Immortal Story."

Cast

T
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Kaji
M
Michiyo Aratama
as Michiko
C
Chikage Awashima
as Tôfuku Kin
I
Ineko Arima
as Shunran Yô
S
Sō Yamamura
as Okishima
A
Akira Ishihama
as Chin
K
Kôji Nanbara
as Kô
S
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Kyôritsu Ô
T
Tōru Abe
as Watarai Gunsô
M
Masao Mishima
as Kuroki Shochô
E
Eitarō Ozawa
as Okazaki
K
Kōji Mitsui
as Furuya
A
Akitake Kōno
as Kôno Taii
N
Nobuo Nakamura
as Honsha Buchô
K
Kyū Sazanka
as Meisan Chô
E
Eijirō Tōno
S
Shinsuke Ashida
as (uncredited)
K
Keiji Sada
as Kageyama
Y
Yasushi Nagata
as (uncredited)
Y
Yoshio Kosugi
as (uncredited)
T
Toshiko Kobayashi
as (uncredited)
T
Taiji Tonoyama
A
Akira Tani
as (uncredited)
J
Junji Masuda
as (uncredited)
T
Torahiko Hamada
as (uncredited)
T
Teruko Kishi
as (uncredited)
T
Takamaru Sasaki
as (uncredited)
A
Akio Isono
as (uncredited)
J
Jun Ōtomo
as (uncredited)
J
Junkichi Orimoto
as (uncredited)
Z
Zenichi Inagawa
as (uncredited)
S
Shinichirō Minami
as (uncredited)
H
Hōsei Komatsu
T
Tokuko Sugiyama
as (uncredited)
S
Sue Mitobe
as (uncredited)
N
Nobuo Takagi
as (uncredited)
M
Masami Maehata
as (uncredited)
K
Keiji Tsuchida
as (uncredited)
I
Isao Suenaga
as (uncredited)
J
Jun Tanizaki
as (uncredited)
H
Hisashi Taki
as (uncredited)
H
Haruko Chichibu
as (uncredited)
T
Tsuneko Sasaki
as (uncredited)
K
Kanji Ōsugi
as (uncredited)
R
Ryuji Kita

Crew

M
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
J
Jumpei Gomikawa
Novel
M
Masaki Kobayashi
Screenplay
S
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Producer
K
Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
K
Kazue Hirataka
Art Direction
Y
Yûgorô Imai
Assistant Director
K
Kôichi Inagaki
Assistant Director
S
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Production Manager
Z
Zenzō Matsuyama
Screenplay
Y
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography
C
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer

The Human Condition Collection

The Human Condition is a Japanese film epic released as a trilogy between 1959 and 1961. The trilogy follows the life of Kaji, a Japanese pacifist and socialist, as he tries to survive in the totalitarian and oppressive world of World War II-era Japan. Taken altogether as a single film, it is 9 hours and 47 minutes long, which includes intermissions, making it one of the longest narrative films ever made. While the films earned considerable controversy at the time of their release in Japan, The Human Condition was critically acclaimed, won many international awards, and has since established Masaki Kobayashi as one of the most important Japanese directors of his generation.