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Dr. Akagi
Directed byShohei Imamura
Written byAngo Sakaguchi (novel Doctor Liver)
Shohei Imamura
Daisuke Tengan
Produced byHiso Ino
Koji Matsuda
StarringAkira Emoto
Kumiko Aso
Juro Kara
Masanori Sera
Jacques Gamblin
Keiko Matsuzaka
Misa Shimizu
Yukiya Kitamura
Masato Yamada
Tomorowo Taguchi
Masatō Ibu
CinematographyShigeru Komatsubara
Edited byHajime Okayasu
Music byYosuke Yamashita
Distributed byImamura Productions, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd., Toei Co. Ltd., Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd., Kino International (USA)
Release dates
  • 17 October 1998 (1998-10-17) (Japan)
  • 15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) (U.S.)
Running time
129 min. (Japan)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

Plot

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.

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