The Great White Tower (2003)
The Great White Tower (2003)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Yumiko Nogawa
Actress

Atsuko Takahata
东政子

Takatarô Kataoka
Actor

Toshiyuki Nishida
财前又一

Mayumi Wakamura
财前杏子

Tōru Shinagawa
大河内清作

Ikki Sawamura
菊川昇

Tae Kimura
林田加奈子

Hideaki Ito
柳原弘

Kuranosuke Sasaki
竹内雄太

Naomi Nishida
龟山君子

Rino Katase
佐佐木良江

Takaya Kamikawa
关口仁

Mitsuhiro Oikawa
国平学文

Toyoko Yamasaki
Creator / Novel

Kawakami Kazuo
Producer

Takahashi Kazuhiko
Producer
Media.


Details.
Release DateOctober 9, 2003
Original Name白い巨塔
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes21
Running Time1h
Genres
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