A long but neccesary journey.
First off i like kaij struggles with work and doing what he thinks is morally right,its what the entire film is depending on and its damm good.
I thought the wife was not that fleshed out but the other characters have reasons and motivations that are believeable.
The top dog of all of this,kaij's boss has motives that some ceo's actually have,like wich boss actually cares about people,enemy,ally,it doesn't matter.
All the other employees allongside kaij either have no choice and just do their work and others beat or abuse the labor workers because their prisoners,why would it be not justified?
They are there for a reason.
Its a great first film about whats morally good and bad(at least thats how i see it)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Immortal Story.
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
1/15/1959Runtime
206 minsOverview
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.
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A deliberately paced, philosophically searching epic about a man trying to maintain his conscience within systems designed to crush it. This is cinema as moral crucible, patient, austere, and increasingly devastating.
Mood
MelancholicTenseDread-soakedContemplativeMournful
Themes
IdentityPowerCorruptionWarClass
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrastWidescreen epic
Structure
Linear
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