Japan Synopsis
人間の條件 第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇
“The Immortal Story.”
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Human Condition I: No Greater Love. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Ninjin Club
War + Drama in Japan
59 Japan titles in our catalog blend the War and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Human Condition I: No Greater Love itself).
The 1958–1960 Japan Window
Among 38 Japan films we catalog from this window, The Human Condition I: No Greater Love places #4 — near the top of its class.
#1Hero of the Red Light District
★ 8.6 · 1960
#2The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
★ 8.2 · 1959
#3The Hidden Fortress
★ 8.0 · 1958
#4The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
★ 8.0 · 1959
#5When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
★ 8.0 · 1960
#6Hiroshima Mon Amour
★ 7.8 · 1959
#7Good Morning
★ 7.7 · 1959
#8The Bad Sleep Well
★ 7.7 · 1960
The 1950s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1950s in Japan, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Human Condition I: No Greater Love premiered alongside 9 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 9 other Japan films in 1959.
The 116th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
209 audience reviews — more than 86% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (86th percentile) outruns trending popularity (71th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- fascism · 4
- conscientious objector · 4
- mandarin · 3
- shallow grave · 1
- ore mine · 1
- soldier · 29
- snow · 17
- chinese · 17
- prison escape · 9
- japan · 454
- world war ii · 55
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #545 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan War productions specifically: #18 of 105 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Ninjin Club, Shochiku, TOHO |
| Runtime | 3h 26m |
| Release Date | January 15, 1959 |
| IMDb | tt0053114 |