January 15, 1959
No greater love
To avoid combat, Kaji works as a labor camp supervisor in occupied Manchuria, attempting to improve conditions for Chinese prisoners but faces intense resistance from authority.
To avoid combat, Kaji works as a labor camp supervisor in occupied Manchuria, attempting to improve conditions for Chinese prisoners but faces intense resistance from authority.
Introduces Kaji, an idealistic pacifist working at a labor camp in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during WWII. He tries to apply humane principles in a brutal system, clashing with authority.
Kaji’s reforms fail under military pressure. His moral stance leads to severe consequences, and he’s eventually drafted into the Japanese army.