A bittersweet view of a saintly doctor

Document author(s):
John (Newsday) Anderson
Document source:
Newsday
Publication date:
1999 Jan 15
Document language:
English
Document type:
review
Number of pages:
1
Document contains:
bibliography, box info, and production co
Related films:
Film country(ies):
France and Japan
Film language(s):
German and Japanese
Film production company:
Catherine Dussart Productions, Comme des Cinémas, Imamura Productions, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd., Studio Canal +, Toei Company Ltd., and Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Film genre(s):
Adaptation, Comedy, Drama, Feature, and Historical
Film subject(s):
  • Hepatitis -- Treatment -- Japan -- Drama
  • Physicians -- Japan -- Drama
  • Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Drama
  • Sakaguchi, Ango, 1906-1955. Kanzo Sensei -- Film and video adaptations
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Drama
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
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