The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Number 3 of 3 in its series by score. It runs long at 3h 24m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
296 audience votes
Key crew
- Masaki KobayashiDirector
- Masaki KobayashiScreenplay
- Zenzō MatsuyamaScreenplay
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tatsuya NakadaiKaji
- Michiyo AratamaMichiko
- Chikage AwashimaTôfuku Kin
- Ineko ArimaShunran Yô
- So YamamuraOkishima
- Akira IshihamaChin
- Kōji NanbaraKô
- Seiji MiyaguchiKyôritsu Ô
- Tōru AbeWatarai Gunsô
- Masao MishimaKuroki Shochô
- Eitarō OzawaOkazaki
- Kōji MitsuiFuruya
Stills
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Themes
japanfascismworld war iiprison escapeconscientious objectorsnowsoldierchineseshallow gravemandarinore minephilosophical