Directed by:
Masaki KobayashiScreenplay:
Masaki KobayashiCinematography:
Yoshio MiyajimaComposer:
Chûji KinoshitaPlots(1)
Kaji leaves for Manchuria to accept a job as a labour supervisor to exempt him from military service. Kaji attempts to improve the workers conditions but he is prevented by the pit supervisor Okazaki his only sympathy comes from the foreman Okishima, his assistant Chen and his wife Michiko. An outbreak is instigated by his enemies after which Kaji is arrested and charged with conspiracy. He is released without explanation only to receive his call to military service. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
![Tatsuya Nakadai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272374_48e342.jpg)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Seven Samurai (1954)
![Sō Yamamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950077_1d32fc.jpg)
Sō Yamamura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Revenge (1963)
Akira Ishihama
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Immortal Love (1961)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
![Keiji Sada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185756_9dfdd7.jpg)
Keiji Sada
Japan
Best movies:
Immortal Love (1961)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
Tōru Abe
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Tokyo Story (1953)
![Michiyo Aratama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279590_52b65e.jpg)
Michiyo Aratama
Japan
Best movies:
![Eijirō Tōno](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/615/158615754_9991c8.jpg)
Eijirō Tōno
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1963)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Kōji Mitsui
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Woman of the Dunes (1964)
High and Low (1963)
![Seiji Miyaguchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279848_3a706d.jpg)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Early Summer (1951)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Kazuo Kitamura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
High and Low (1963)
Eitarô Ozawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969) - narrator
![織本順吉](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/258/161258051_f51a49.gif)
織本順吉
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
![有馬稲子](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/364/161364334_c19d2b.png)
有馬稲子
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
山茶花究
Japan
Best movies:
High and Low (1963)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Yojimbo (1961)
![Yûsuke Kawazu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/439/164439339_f1abae.jpg)
Yûsuke Kawazu
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Red Angel (1966)
Shinsuke Ashida
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Red Angel (1966)
The Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Fujio Suga
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Revenge (1963)
Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)
Akio Isono
Japan
Best movies:
Ryûji Kita
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)
Junji Masuda
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Early Spring (1956)
Scandal (1950)