Kanzo Senseï (Dr. Akagi)

On the eve of the Japanese surrender in 1945, in a tense war-torn climate, Dr Akagi, the local doctor in a seaside village takes a stand to save his professional integrity. He bands together with his old buddies, a dissolute monk and a nihilistic morphine-addicted surgeon. The naive and somewhat wild Sonoko joins their group and discovers her destiny working with Akagi. She loves the unusual doctor and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. A wounded Dutch soldier arrives on the scene. An escapee from a prisoner of war camps, he completes this little circle of friends. They are all united in their passion to create a microscope powerful enough to discover the cause of hepatitis virus, Akagi's personal quest.