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Basic Info
First Air: May 05, 1969
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 14
Last Episode
Name: Episode 14
Season: 1, Episode: 14
Air Date: 1969-08-11
Runtime: 49 min

The Lonely Scalpel

1969
Overview

The story is set in Sumidagawa Hospital, an emergency hospital in downtown Tokyo. The head of surgery there, Iwashita Ken, is a brain surgeon who has just returned from the United States . He has excellent skills, but his strict personality often makes him the envy of other doctors. He also has a secret past. The story depicts the various facets of the hospital, including the interactions between doctors and patients, the power struggle within the hospital, and Asou Yukie, a recent nursing school graduate who was assigned to the hospital unaware of the complex internal affairs that exist.

Genres
Drama
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Spoken Languages
  • Japanese ja

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Cast
Gō Katō
Gō Katō
Yukiyo Toake
Yukiyo Toake
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Akiko Nomura
Akiko Nomura
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Masahiko Naruse
Nobuo Kawai
Toru Yokoi
Keisuke Nakai
Mariko Nonaka
Katsue Nitta
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