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Summary
A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power and fame, and his contemporary physician Satomi Shuji, who selflessly continues a quest to save human lives. The Great White Tower is the title of a representative novel by Toyoko Yamazaki that depicts the hidden side of the medical world and the dignity of human life, thus shocking and moving many readers, marking a milestone in medical dramas. A dense human drama develops starting with the first half, which depicts the tragicomic circumstances arising from human ambition in the selection of professors, and proceeding to the second half, which inquires into the dignity of human life through a medical court case involving a malpractice suit.
Cast
Toshiaki Karasawa
Yosuke Eguchi
Hitomi Kuroki
Akiko Yada
Maki Mizuno
Masatô Ibu
Koji Ishizaka
Atsuko Takahata
Toshiyuki Nishida
Mayumi Wakamura
Tōru Shinagawa
Ikki Sawamura
Tae Kimura
Hideaki Ito
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Naomi Nishida
Rino Katase
Takaya Kamikawa
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Crew
Creator
Toyoko Yamasaki
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
Japanese
Type:
Scripted
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