The Human Condition: No Greater Love Movie Review 1958

First of a three-part series of films. A pacifist is called into military service and subsequently sent to a run a military mining camp. A gripping look at one man's attempt to retain his humanity in the face of war. Followed by "The Human Condition: Road to Eternity" and "The Human Condition: A Soldier's Prayer." In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, Phone: (818)407-9100, Email: inquiries@image-entertainment.com, URL: http://www.image-entertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 200 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II

Screenplay

Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzo Matsuyama

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, So Yamamura, Saka Ozawa) Ozawa Eitaro (Sakae, Akira Ishihama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Shinji Nambara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Toru Abe, Masao Mishima, Eijiro Tono, Yasushi Nagata, Yoshio Kosugi

Cinematography

Yoshio Miyajima

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Music

Chuji Kinoshita

Producer

Shochiku Company