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A LONE SCALPEL (孤高のメス) (Past Film)
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Local title : 孤高的手術刀  ;  Release date : Apr 08, 2011
 
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 126 minutes

Log Line

Surgeon Touma (Shinichi Tsutsumi) became a doctor after losing his mother at a young age due to a faulty diagnosis. Touma faces the realities of a flawed medical system, but continues to help his patients regardless of past customs.

Year of production : 2010

Director(s) : Izuru NARUSHIMA
Writer(s) : Izuru NARUSHIMA
Cast : Shinichi TSUTSUMI, Yui NATSUKAWA, Hiroki NARIMIYA

Producer(s) : Takashi HIRAJÔ, Chiharu NAKASONE

Synopsis

Surgeon Touma (Shinichi Tsutsumi) became a doctor after losing his mother at a young age due to a faulty diagnosis. Now working at at a local hospital in 1989, Touma faces the realities of a flawed medical system, but continues to help his patients regardless of past customs. One day, the mayor (Akira Emoto) of the local city is admitted into the hospital in critical condition. To save the mayor's life, the mayor must undergo the first liver transplant from a brain-dead donor procedure in Japan. The law currently forbids such operations ... what will Touma do?

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

Festivals and Awards

Awards of the Japanese Academy 2011 (Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress (nominated))


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