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| Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
| Produced by | Hiso Ino Koji Matsuda |
| Written by | Ango Sakaguchi (novel Doctor Liver) Shohei Imamura |
| 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 |
| Editing by | Hajime Okayasu |
| Distributed by | Imamura Productions, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd., Toei Co. Ltd., Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd. was a Japanese Film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards and is regarded as one of the most important and idiosyncratic filmmakers Ango Sakaguchi (坂口 安吾 Sakaguchi Ango; 1906 - 1955 was a Japanese Novelist and Essayist. was a Japanese Film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards and is regarded as one of the most important and idiosyncratic filmmakers is a Japanese Actor. In 1999 he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dr born Kumiko Hiramaru (平丸 久美子 Hiramaru Kumiko, born 17 June 1978 in Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Jacques Gamblin (born November 16, 1957) is a French actor. He was born in Granville. (born July 20, 1952) is an actress from Ōta Tokyo. Her father was a naturalized South Korean her mother a Japanese. is an actress. She made her screen debut by winning the heroine audition for 1987 film Shōnan Bōsōzoku. is a Japanese Actor. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating he started to earn his living as an illustrator writer and pornographic cartoonist is a Japanese Actor and Seiyu. Movies Maison Ikkoku (1986 Empire of the Sun (1987 as Yōsuke Yamashita (山下 洋輔 Yamashita Yōsuke, born February 26, 1942) is a Jazz pianist from Tokyo, Japan is an anime and film editor and director Okayasu was nominated for two Japanese Academy Awards: in 1997 for The Eel and in 1998 for Dr ( is a well-known Japanese Publisher, based in Tokyo. Kadokawa has published many Manga titles as well as magazines such as Newtype () is a Japanese film and Television production and distribution Corporation. , Kino International Corp. (USA) |
| Release date(s) | October 17, 1998 (Japan); January 15, 1999 (USA) |
| Running time | 129 min. Kino International is a Film and Video distributor founded in 1977 Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) (Japan) |
| Language | Japanese |
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Dr. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Akagi, known in Japan as Kanzō-sensei (カンゾー先生? literally "Dr. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Liver"), is a 1998 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein The cinema of Japan (日本映画 was a Japanese Film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards and is regarded as one of the most important and idiosyncratic filmmakers
Plot
The film concerns Dr. Akagi, a country doctor during World War II who runs into conflict with the military while trying to combat a hepatitis epidemic. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to the Liver characterized by the presence of Inflammatory cells in the tissue of Akagi earns the nickname "Dr. Liver" (カンゾー先生 Kanzō-sensei) because of his work.
See also
External links
- Kanzo sensei at the Internet Movie Database
- Free to Roam (film review) at chicagoreader. The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein com.