The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
人間の條件 第1部純愛篇/第2部激怒篇 (original)
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.
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima, Sō Yamamura, Akira Ishihama, Kôji Nanbara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Tōru Abe, Masao Mishima
Watch "The Human Condition I: No Greater Love" on Criterion Channel released in 1959. It's a drama and history movie, and has a rating of 8.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is very high for this kind of movie.