In this black comedy, a physician living in rural Japan during the last days of World War II becomes obsessed with wiping out hepatitis. Eccentric people join his crusade, but " Doctor Liver " runs afoul of the army. Director Shohei Imamura; st ars Akira Emoto, Kumiko Aso, Juro Kara, Jacques Gamblin, Masanori Sera. Letterboxed.