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15 January 1999 (USA)
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At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp. full summary | add synopsis
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one of the best films of the '90s
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Akira Emoto | ... | Dr. Fuu Akagi |
| Kumiko Asô | ... | Sonoko |
| Juro Kara | ... | Umemoto |
| Masanori Sera | ... | Toriumi |
| Jacques Gamblin | ... | Piet |
| Keiko Matsuzaka | ... | Tomiko |
| Misa Shimizu | ... | Gin |
| Yukiya Kitamura | ... | Sankichi |
| Masato Yamada | ... | Masuyo |
| Tomorowo Taguchi | ... | Nosaka |
| Masatô Ibu | ... | Ikeda |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Wayne Doster | ... | Robert Hugh Harper |
| Ben Hiura | ||
| Ayumi Ito | ||
| Shoten Kadokawa | ||
| Kazuhiko Kanayama | ... | Sakashita (as Kozuhiko Kanayama) |
 | Nae | ||
| Atsuko Nakamura | ||
| Tohoku Shinsha | ||
| Shinya Yamamoto | (as Shin-yo Yamamoto) | |
| Hatsuo Yamaya | ||
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Argentina:128 min | Japan:129 min | Korea:117 min
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South Korea:15 |
Argentina:16 |
Chile:18 |
France:U |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud)
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Referenced in Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu (2001)
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Imamura Shohei has come in to his prime at a point when most directors of his age begin their downward spiral. Along with his completely different although equally impressive film, "Unagi (the eel)" (1997) Imamura has made two of the greatest films of the 1990s. This particular entry into the Imamura canon deals with a Kyushu doctor during WWII. Of course, the film goes way beyond just that; it's a film that cannot be summed up in words, it's the kind of movie that you sit back and enjoy and you come out of smiling, for you've been entertained in a way most films cannot. "Kanzo Sensei" affects like a truly satisfying book does, something most films cannot come close to copying. If you dig it, rent "the eel" and look out for his next work coming soon to a theatre far from you and me--Japan. Let's hope his next one is as good as his last two, and that it is released in theatrically in the US. Highly recommended.