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Good Doctor (2018)

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Original title
グッド・ドクター
Directed by
Kanai Hiro, Aizawa Hideyuki
Cast
Yamazaki Kento, Ito Shunta, Ueno Juri, Fujiki Naohito, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Ikeoka Ryosuke, Asaka Kodai, Matsui Daigo
Genre
drama, family
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man on the autism spectrum pursues his dream of becoming a pediatric surgeon. He faces skepticism and prejudice from his colleagues but uses his sharp memory and empathy to save children's lives.

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What happens

Good Doctor (グッドドクター; Guddo Dokuta) is a Japanese medical drama remake of the 2013 South Korean television series of the same name, about a person on the autism spectrum who becomes a pediatric surgeon. It aired on Thursdays at 22:00 (JST) from July 12 to September 13, 2018 on Fuji TV, and starred Kento Yamazaki, Juri Ueno, and Naohito Fujiki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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