A Lone Scalpel

Jun 5, 2010

2h 6m

★ 6.5

Overview

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TV Asahi

Toei Company

Kinoshita Komuten

Amuse Soft Entertainment

Toei Video Company

Yomiuri Shimbun Company

Gentosha

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Nagoya Broadcasting Network

TOEI CHANNEL

Hokkaido Television Broadcasting

Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting

Toei Tokyo

A Lone Scalpel Trailers

Cast

Tetsuhiko Toma

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Namiko Nakamura

Yui Natsukawa

Ryuzo Aoki

Hisashi Yoshizawa

Shoko Okawa

Noriko Nakagoshi

Takeshi Minorikawa

Yutaka Matsushige

Kohei Nakamura

Hiroki Narimiya

Koji Shimada

Mitsuru Hirata

Mutsuo Nomoto

Katsuhisa Namase

Matsuo Okawa

Akira Emoto

Saburo Murakami

Kenichi Yajima

Kohei Nakamura (child age)

Homare Mabuchi

Takao Shiratori

Yuu Tokui

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