

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…
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Cast

Shinichi Tsutsumi
Tetsuhiko Toma

Yui Natsukawa
Namiko Nakamura

Hisashi Yoshizawa
Ryuzo Aoki

Noriko Nakagoshi
Shoko Okawa

Yutaka Matsushige
Takeshi Minorikawa

Hiroki Narimiya
Kohei Nakamura

Mitsuru Hirata
Koji Shimada

Katsuhisa Namase
Mutsuo Nomoto

Akira Emoto
Matsuo Okawa

Kenichi Yajima
Saburo Murakami
Homare Mabuchi
Kohei Nakamura (child age)

Yuu Tokui
Takao Shiratori
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