Dr. Akagi
Nominees and Awards
- ★ 1999 Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Newcomer of the Year, Japan Academy Film Prize
- ★ 1999 Kinema Junpo's Top 10 Japanese Films
Synopsis
Japan, 1945. In a provincial town, the diligent doctor Akagi runs from one patient to another; only he tends to always make the same diagnosis: hepatitis. His tendency to see livers enlarged by hepatitis is so strong that people call him “doctor liver.” Despite the disastrous historical-political events (Japan is losing the war), and the country’s crumbling social fabric, Akagi sees research on hepatitis as his reason for living, so much so that it makes him apparently blind to what is happening around him.
◎ This film is presented in collaboration with the Kaohsiung Film Festival, the Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association Kaohsiung Office, and the Japan Foundation.
Team
Director
IMAMURA Shōhei
IMAMURA Shōhei (1926-2006) was a Japanese film director. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave who continued working into the 21st century, he is the only Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards, for The Ballad of Narayama (1983) and The Eel (1997).
Schedule
| Cinema | Auditorium | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaohsiung Film Archive | 3F Screening Room | 2025/10/14 Tuesday 16:20 | ▲ |
| Kaohsiung Film Archive | 3F Screening Room | 2025/10/17 Friday 16:40 | ▲ |
| NEIWEI ARTS CENTER | Reel ONE | 2025/10/26 Sunday 11:00 | ▲ |
※ Notes: ★ With filmmakers' attendance/talks ▲ Non-English language films without English subtitles
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