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Dr. Akagi
(Kanzo Sensei)
1998
Directed by Shohei Imamura
Shohei Imamura again
demonstrates his masterful, audacious talent in this feature that is
bursting with vitality and humor. In the summer of 1945, a local physician
becomes obsessed with trying to stem an epidemic in his seaside village,
with the help of an eccentric group of collaborators. With the devastation
of the atomic bomb looming, Imamura creates an oddly upbeat portrait of
the absurdity of daily life. "A sprawling, earthy, eccentric black
comedy" (J. Hoberman, Village Voice). Japanese with English
subtitles, Letterboxed. 128 minutes.
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