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7.5/10   752 votes
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Director:
Shohei Imamura
Writers:
Shohei Imamura (writer)
Ango Sakaguchi (novel)
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Release Date:
15 January 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | History | War more
Plot:
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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Awards:
9 wins & 10 nominations more
User Comments:
One giant bore more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Akira Emoto ... Dr. Fuu Akagi
Kumiko Aso ... 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)

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Tohoku Shinsha
Shinya Yamamoto (as Shin-yo Yamamoto)
Hatsuo Yamaya
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dr. Akagi (USA)
Kanzo sensei (France)
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Runtime:
Argentina:128 min | Japan:129 min
Country:
Japan | France
Language:
Japanese | German
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Hiroshima, Japan

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1 out of 46 people found the following comment useful:-
One giant bore, 10 December 2001
2/10
Author: (dexter10meg@msn.com) from haslett mi

Alas! I was hoping for more, actually thought there was something in store///Especially in troubled Japan, near the end of the Second World War./// Will the enemy avoid us or fight us/// If we contract typhoid or hepatitis?/// This movie is worst than just sore, this movie is one giant bore.

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