Dr. Akagi
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German title | Dr. Akagi |
Original title | カ ン ゾ ー 先生 Kanzō-sensei |
Country of production | Japan |
original language | Japanese |
Publishing year | 1998 |
length | 129 minutes |
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Director | Shōhei Imamura |
script | Daisuke Tengan, Shōhei Imamura |
production | Hiso Ino, Koji Matsuda |
camera | Shigeru Komatsubara |
cut | Hajime Okayasu |
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Dr. Akagi (original title: カ ン ゾ ー 先生 Kanzō-sensei , dt. "Dr. Leber") is a Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura from 1998 . The film is based on a story by Ango Sakaguchi .
action
The film is set in Japan in 1945 in the final weeks of World War II. There is Dr. Akagi, a doctor who visits his patients on foot due to the war-related shortage of petrol, is active. He treats his patients, who mostly suffer from hepatitis , with great devotion and therefore quickly gets the nickname Kanzō-sensei ( German : Dr. Leber ). He researches the causes of hepatitis and is friends with an impoverished Shinto priest and the prostitute Sonoko. When he comes across an escaped Dutch prisoner of war, he hides him at home and treats him. He found out that he was mistreated by the military.
criticism
“With an ironic wink, Imamura staged the simple conditions and traditional values of small town life as a colorful series of pictures. He portrays the behavior of the military more sharply, with which Dr. Akagi regularly clashes because of his prescriptions. Imamura attacks the internal structures of the army in unadorned scenes and gives clear contours to the image of the ugly soldier who in his uniform lets brutal tendencies run free. "
Web links
- Dr. Akagi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review by Christoph Rácz
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kanzo Sensei on mybasel.ch