Dr. Akagi [videorecording] = Kanzō sensei / Kino International ; Toei presents an Imamura Production/Toei co-production ; screenplay by Shohei Imamura & Daisuke Tengan ; produced by Hiso Ino and Koji Matsuda ; directed by Shohei Imamura.
Set on a small Japanese island near the end of World War II, this is the story of a doctor's obsession to retain his decency and stamp out a deadly disease.