The Great White Tower
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.
Year: 2004
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Studio: Fuji TV
Director: Toyoko Yamasaki
Cast: Toshiaki Karasawa, Yosuke Eguchi, Hitomi Kuroki, Akiko Yada, Maki Mizuno, Masatô Ibu
Crew: Kawakami Kazuo (Producer), Takahashi Kazuhiko (Producer), Takashi Kako (Original Music Composer), Hiroshi Nishitani (Director), Keita Kono (Director), Yumiko Inoue (Screenplay)
First Air Date: Oct 09, 2003
Last Air date: Mar 18, 2004
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 21 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 8.79/10 by 24.00 users
Popularity: 39.551
Language: Japanese
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