Dr. Akagi, a rural physician in Japan during WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepetitis, earning him a reputation as "Dr. Liver." But his fanatic campaign brings him into disfavor with the Japanese army, and as the war seems more and more hopeless for the Japanese, Dr. Akagi finds himself increasingly a scapegoat.... (Full plot summary below)
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Dr. Akagi, a rural physician in Japan during WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepetitis, earning him a reputation as "Dr. Liver." But his fanatic campaign brings him into disfavor with the Japanese army, and as the war seems more and more hopeless for the Japanese, Dr. Akagi finds himself increasingly a scapegoat.
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| Classic Film and TelevisionMichael E. GrostAn often fascinating work of storytelling. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSheer pleasure to watch, Inamura's film is a smallish work about the complexities inherent in simple people dealing with their own epic emotions. |
| Film Journal InternationalRichard PortonA well-intentioned and carefully crafted film. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA work of art whose beauty has the eternal power of redemption. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanAs lively, irreverent, and bizarrely cheerful as any of Imamura's previous low-life sagas. |
| User ReviewMijin JThis is a terrific movie. Imamura is like Vonnegut for Japan. |
| User ReviewDrw Wi liked this movie... its funny, its sad, its wierd. |
| User ReviewThomas WMy favorite of Imamura's later films. Set, like the other two films that were released in the decade prior to his death, in a part of Japan removed from modern bustle, Imamura assembles a cast of quirky misfits and directs them with humor, humility, and compassion. |
| User ReviewAmos BJune 30, 2007 - Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley Perhaps a follow-up to Imamura's earlier satire of Japanese militarism, Zegen ("The Pimp"), "Doctor Liver" ridicules and alarms, with its allusions to sinister wartime deeds. |
| User ReviewPrivate UThough not an especially interesting film to watch, the Dr. Akagi character was funny at times, so I didn't find it as painful as most Imamura films. |
