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JAPAN · 1998

Dr. Akagi

Shohei Imamura
Japanese New Wave medical ethics wartime suffering obsession with research prisoner-of-war camps disease prevention
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Synopsis

At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.

Year1998
CountryJapan
DirectorShohei Imamura
MovementJapanese New Wave
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