Synopsis
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.
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kaji
Michiyo Aratama
Michiko
Chikage Awashima
Tôfuku Kin
Ineko Arima
Shunran Yô
So Yamamura
Okishima
Akira Ishihama
Chin
Kōji Nanbara
Kô
Seiji Miyaguchi
Kyôritsu Ô
Tōru Abe
Watarai Gunsô
Masao Mishima
Kuroki Shochô
Eitarō Ozawa
Okazaki
Kōji Mitsui
Furuya
Akitake Kōno
Kôno Taii
Nobuo Nakamura
Honsha Buchô
Kyū Sazanka
Meisan Chô
Eijirō Tōno
Shinsuke Ashida
(uncredited)
Keiji Sada
Kageyama
Yasushi Nagata
(uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi
(uncredited)
Toshiko Kobayashi
(uncredited)
Taiji Tonoyama
Akira Tani
(uncredited)
Junji Masuda
(uncredited)
More like this
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Empire of the Sun
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
The Great Escape
Suite Française
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Wife of a Spy
Letters from Iwo Jima
Men in War
The Ballad of Narayama
The Last Emperor
The One That Got Away
Flags of Our Fathers
Waiting for Anya
Paradise Road
Where Eagles Dare
Millennium Actress
The War Below
Emperor
To End All Wars