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Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
Produced by |
Hiso Ino Koji Matsuda |
Written by |
Ango Sakaguchi (novel Doctor Liver) Shohei Imamura Daisuke Tengan |
Starring |
Akira Emoto Kumiko Aso Juro Kara Masanori Sera Jacques Gamblin Keiko Matsuzaka Misa Shimizu Yukiya Kitamura Masato Yamada Tomorowo Taguchi Masatô Ibu |
Music by | Yosuke Yamashita |
Cinematography | Shigeru Komatsubara |
Edited by | Hajime Okayasu |
Distributed by | Imamura Productions, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd., Toei Co. Ltd., Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd., Kino International (USA) |
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Running time
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129 min. (Japan) |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Dr. Akagi, known in Japan as Kanzō-sensei (カンゾー先生?, literally "Dr. Liver"), is a 1998 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.
The film concerns Dr. Akagi, a doctor on an island in the Seto Inland Sea area during World War II. He runs into conflict with the military while trying to combat a hepatitis epidemic. Akagi earns the nickname "Dr. Liver" (カンゾー先生 Kanzō-sensei) because of his work.