A Lone Scalpel (2019)
- Directed by
- Akira Uchikata
- Cast
- Takizawa Hideaki, Nakamura Toru, Kobayashi Kai, Nagatsuka Kyozo, Ishimaru Kanji, Kudo Asuka, Yamamoto Mizuki, Tadano Akko
- Length
- 8 episodes
How it feels
A surgeon trained in the US works at a rural Japanese hospital in the late 1980s. He tries to perform complex surgeries and push for the country's first organ transplant despite resistance from the old-fashioned medical system.
earnestdeterminedslow-burnseriousmedicalthoughtfulunderstatedperiod-piece
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