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.
Tatsuya Nakadai
Michiyo Aratama
Chikage Awashima
Ineko Arima
So Yamamura
Akira Ishihama
Kōji Nanbara
Seiji Miyaguchi
Tōru Abe
Masao Mishima
Eitarō Ozawa
Kōji Mitsui
Akitake Kōno
Nobuo Nakamura
Kyū Sazanka