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The Great White Tower (白い巨塔)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Kazuhiko Takahashi, Kazuo Kawakami
Director: Keita Kono, Hiroshi Nishitani
Top Cast
Toshiaki Karasawa
财前五郎
Yosuke Eguchi
里见修二
Hitomi Kuroki
花森庆子
Akiko Yada
东佐知子
Maki Mizuno
里见三知代
Masatô Ibu
鹈饲良一
Koji Ishizaka
东贞藏
Atsuko Takahata
东政子
Seasons
Season 1 (2003)
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21 episodes
