The Human Condition

Author: Kenji Abe, Junpei Gomikawa

Run: 1971

Chapters: 12

Genres: Historical, Drama

An adaptation of Junpei Gomikawa's anti-war novel: in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during World War II, the humanist Kaji is put in charge of Chinese forced laborers ('special workers') at a mine and struggles to hold on to his humanity amid the cruelty of war.