- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Release: 1959-12-14
- Director: Masaki Kobayashi
- Writers: Zenzō Matsuyama , Masaki Kobayashi , Jumpei Gomikawa
- Language: Japanese | Mandarin
- Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai , Michiyo Aratama , Chikage Awashima , Ineko Arima , Keiji Sada , Sō Yamamura , Akira Ishihama , Kôji Nanbara , Seiji Miyaguchi , Tōru Abe
- Runtime: 208 min
- Awards: 5 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: Ningen no jôken (United Kingdom) , Barfuß durch die Hölle - 1. Teil , Nessun amore è più grande (Italy) , Człowieczy los I (Poland) , Paljain jaloin läpi helvetin (Finland) , Ningen no jôken: Dai 1 bu - Jun'ai hen (Japan) , La condition de l'homme: Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour (France, French Republic) , A Condição Humana - 1ª parte (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ningen no jôken , Guerra e Humanidade (Brazil) , Ningen no jôken: Dai 1 hen (Japan) , Dola człowiecza I: Nie ma większej miłości (Poland) , 人間の條件 第1 (Japan) , Human Condition I: No Greater Love (United States of America) , The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (United States of America) , Guerra e Humanidade: Não há Amor Maior (Brazil) , Barfota genom helvetet (Sweden) , The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (Canada) , Удел человеческий , Agapi mesa stin Kolasi (Greece) , La condición humana I: No hay amor más grande (Spain) , The Human Condition I: No Greater Love , The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (United Kingdom) , 人間の條件 (Japan) , The Human Condition I (United States of America) , The Human Condition Part I: No Greater Love (United Kingdom)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0053114
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Cast · · · ALL
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kaji
Michiyo Aratama
Michiko
Chikage Awashima
Tôfuku Kin
Ineko Arima
Shunran Yô
Sō Yamamura
Okishima
Akira Ishihama
Chin
Kôji Nanbara
Kô
Seiji Miyaguchi
Kyôritsu Ô
Tōru Abe
Watarai Gunsô
Masao Mishima
Kuroki Shochô
Eitarō Ozawa
Okazaki
Kōji Mitsui
Furuya
Akitake Kôno
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)
Torahiko Hamada
(uncredited)