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.
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| Directing | Masaki Kobayashi | Director |
| Writing | Jumpei Gomikawa | Novel |
| Writing | Masaki Kobayashi | Screenplay |
| Production | Shigeru Wakatsuki | Producer |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka | Editor |
| Art | Kazue Hirataka | Art Direction |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Shigeru Wakatsuki | Production Manager |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yoshio Miyajima | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Yûgorô Imai | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kôichi Inagaki | Assistant Director |
