A Lone Scalpel

★ 8.0IMDb Score
Released:2019-01-13
Genre:Drama
Duration:54 min
Country:Japan
Director:Akira Uchikata
Actors:Hideaki Takizawa, Toru Nakamura, Kyōzō Nagatsuka, Mizuki Yamamoto, Kanji Ishimaru
Production:WOWOW, Shochiku

Overview:

Tetsuhiko Toma is a surgeon who studied in the United States. He begins work at a private hospital in a rural area in Japan. He believes that people should receive the same level of care at all hospitals. Guided by those principles, he takes on challenging surgeries and saves the lives of patients. Tetsuhiko Toma attempts an internal organ transplant for the first time in Japan, but the health care system blocks him.

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