The Great White Tower
6.8
2003
Drama
Created by: 河野圭太 , 西谷弘
Cast: 唐沢寿明, 江口洋介, 黒木瞳, 矢田亜希子, 水野真紀, 伊武雅刀, 石坂浩二, 高畑淳子, 西田敏行, 若村麻由美, 品川徹, 沢村一樹, 木村多江, 伊藤英明, 佐々木蔵之介, 西田尚美, かたせ梨乃, 上川隆也, 及川光博 唐沢寿明, 江口洋介, 黒木瞳, 矢田亜希子, 水野真紀, 伊武雅刀, 石坂浩二, 高畑淳子, 西田敏行, 若村麻由美, 品川徹, 沢村一樹, 木村多江, 伊藤英明, 佐々木蔵之介, 西田尚美 Load More かたせ梨乃, 上川隆也, 及川光博
Number of Seasons: 1
Overview
A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power and fame, and his contemporary physician Satomi Shuji, who selflessly continues a quest to save human lives. The Great White Tower is the title of a representative novel by Toyoko Yamazaki that depicts the hidden side of the medical world and the dignity of human life, thus shocking and moving many readers, marking a milestone in medical dramas. A dense human drama develops starting with the first half, which depicts the tragicomic circumstances arising from human ambition in the selection of professors, and proceeding to the second half, which inquires into the dignity of human life through a medical court case involving a malpractice suit.