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.
仲代達矢
as Kaji
新珠三千代
as Michiko
淡島千景
as Tôfuku Kin
有馬稲子
as Shunran Yô
山村聰
as Okishima
石濱朗
as Chin
南原宏治
as Kô
宮口精二
as Kyôritsu Ô
安部徹
as Watarai Gunsô
三島雅夫
as Kuroki Shochô
小沢栄太郎
as Okazaki
三井弘次
as Furuya
