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Director Masaki Kobayashi
Writers Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama
A pacifist takes a job overseeing forced labor at a mining operation in Japanese-occupied Manchuria to avoid military service, bringing his new wife along. Determined to treat workers humanely, he clashes with corrupt officials, brutal enforcers, and military police as his ideals are tested by the realities of war.
