Shiroi Kyoto (2003) (2003)

- Yamasaki Toyoko (Original Creator)
- Inoue Yumiko (Screenwriter)
- Kako Takashi (Composer)
Synopsis
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. This serious drama depicts the lives of these two contrasting personalities and the people around them. The Great White Tower returns again to the television screen for the first time in 25 years! The Great White Tower is the title of a representative novel by Yamazaki Toyoko 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.
Cast
- Karasawa Toshiaki as Zaizen Goro
- Lead Role
- Eguchi Yosuke as Satomi Shuji
- Lead Role
- Ishizaka Koji as Azuma Teizo
- Support Role
- Ibu Masato as Ugai Ryoichi
- Support Role
- Shinagawa Toru as Okochi Seisaku
- Support Role
- Yamagami Kenji as Nosaka Koichiro
- Support Role
- Watanabe Kenkichi as Hayama Yuo
- Support Role
- Yamada Meikyo as Imazu Shoji
- Support Role
- Taguchi Kazumasa as Noriuchi Daijiro
- Support Role
- Ito Hideaki as Yanagihara Hiroshi
- Support Role
- Kataoka Takataro as Tsukuda Tomohiro
- Support Role
- Okuda Tatsuhito as Kanai Tatsuo
- Support Role
- Kobayashi Masahiro as Anzai Shinya
- Support Role
- Nishida Naomi as Kameyama Kimiko
- Support Role
- Sasaki Kuranosuke as Takeuchi Yuta
- Support Role
- Sawamura Ikki as Kikukawa Noboru
- Support Role
- Soganoya Bundo as Iwata Shigeyoshi
- Support Role
- Nakahara Takeo as Senbi Satoru
- Support Role
- Hiraizumi Sei as Karaki Toyoichi
- Support Role
- Ushio Tetsuya as Masaki Toru
- Support Role
- Nishida Toshiyuki as Zaizen Mataichi
- Support Role
- Wakamura Mayumi as Zaizen Kyoko
- Support Role
- Ikeuchi Junko as Kurokawa Kinu
- Support Role
- Kuroki Hitomi as Hanamori Keiko
- Support Role
- Mizuno Maki as Satomi MIchiyo
- Support Role
- Kataoka Ryo as Satomi Yoshihiko
- Support Role
- Yada Akiko as Higashi Saeko
- Support Role
- Nogawa Yumiko as Ukai Norie
- Support Role
- Takahata Atsuko as Higashi Masako
- Support Role
- Tachibana Yukiko as Noriuchi Kikuko
- Support Role
- Mizuno Aya as Hayama Akiko
- Support Role
- Umezawa Masayo as Nosaka Nobuko
- Support Role
- Tayama Ryosei as Sasaki Yohei
- Support Role
- Katase Rino as Sasaki Yoshie
- Support Role
- Nakamura Shunta as Sasaki Yoichi
- Support Role
- Hirokawa Mitsunori as Sasaki Shinpei
- Support Role
- Kamikawa Takaya as Sekiguchi Hitoshi
- Support Role
- Kawai Michiko as Konishi Midori
- Support Role
- Kimura Tae as Hayashida Kanako
- Support Role
- Obayashi Takeshi as Igarashi Shuzo
- Support Role
- Kumabe Yohei
- Support Role
- Okunuki Kaoru as Hiraizumi Ryoko
- Support Role
- Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Kunihira Manabu
- Support Role
- Miura Rieko as Noda Hanako
- Support Role
- Shimazaki Nobuo as Yasuda Taichi
- Support Role
- Masu Takeshi as Watanuki Sadao
- Support Role
- Shima Kaori as Saito Takayo
- Support Role
Crew
- Yamasaki Toyoko
- Original Creator
- Inoue Yumiko
- Screenwriter
- Kako Takashi
- Composer
- Ota Toru
- Producer
- Nishitani Hiroshi
- Director
- Kono Keita
- Director
- Murakami Shosuke
- Director
- Iwata Kazuyuki
- Director
Music
Theme Song 1
Theme Song 2
Theme Song 3
Promotional images, screencaps, .gifs, etc.
Episodes
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