93795
93795

A Lone Scalpel

2019-01-13
8
ja
Drama
Tetsuhiko Toma is a surgeon who studied in the United States. He begins work at a private hospital in a rural area in Japan. He believes that people should receive the same level of care at all hospitals. Guided by those principles, he takes on challenging surgeries and saves the lives of patients. Tetsuhiko Toma attempts an internal organ transplant for the first time in Japan, but the health care system blocks him.

Director

Akira Uchikata

Original Music Composer

Kei Haneoka

Producer

Ito Jingo

Producer

Yasunori Aoki

Screenplay

Yoichi Maekawa

based on novel or book surgeon hospital conflict doctor organ transplant surgery 1980s medical medical ethics shōwa era (1926-89) living donor

Status

Ended

Countries

  • Japan

Companies

  • WOWOW
  • Shochiku