Official Website
www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/kokou
Broadcast
From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 13 January 2019
Network
WOWOW
Story
In 1989, organ transplants were still illegal in Japan. Performing a transplant was considered a long way off. One day, Toma Tetsuhiko, a surgeon who studied in the US, returns to the country and takes up a position at Kousei Memorial Hospital. It is a private hospital in the countryside of Kansai where his senior, Shimada Koji, now serves as the director. Toma believes that the level of medical care given in the countryside should be on par with university hospitals. He takes on difficult surgeries and saves the lives of patients with impressive skills. Hoping to save the lives of more patients, Toma also appeals for liver transplants which he learned in the US, and meets a like-minded doctor Sanekawa Go who has been brought into Omi University Hospital. Sanekawa is working on making liver transplants a reality and the two of them start on the path to entrench liver transplants in Japan. However, hospitals will not carry out liver transplants which come with significant risks, so as to save their own necks. The principle of absolute authority and the medical system which strongly adheres to antiquated practices, also get in their way … …
Characters
Takizawa Hideaki as Toma Tetsuhiko
He trained in the US and became the head of Kousei Memorial Hospital’s First Department of Surgery. He believes a doctor’s duty is to help the patients at hand.
Nakamura Toru as Sanekawa Go
A surgeon and associate professor at Omi University Hospital’s department of surgery. He creates the world’s best liver transplant team and has the ambition of establishing his position in the medical community.
Kudo Asuka as Aoki Ryuzo
A surgeon at Kousei Memorial Hospital. Because he is dispatched from Omi University Hospital, he is bound by customary practices, but he changes after meeting Toma Tetsuhiko.
Yamamoto Mizuki as Okawa Shoko
A scrub nurse. The daughter of Okawa Matsuo, the mayor of Kousui-cho. She has grown through serving as a nurse in Toma Tetsuhiko’s surgeries. She secretly harbours feelings for him.
Ishimaru Kanji as Shimada Koji
The director of Kousei Memorial Hospital. He has had a high regard for Toma Tetsuhiko’s skills since Toma was a houseman and recruits him to head the department of surgery, a role which has been vacant. He is worried about the hospital’s operations.
Nagatsuka Kyozo as Okawa Matsuo
The mayor of Kousui-cho. He opposes the establishment of a new hospital and seeks improvements to Kousei Memorial Hospital. Although he has been told that his liver function is abnormal, he gives priority to affairs of the town.
Miyakawa Ichirota as Nomoto Rokuro
The head of Kousei Memorial Hospital’s Second Department of Surgery. He transferred from Omi University Hospital. He regards Toma Tetsuhiko as an enemy.
Kimura Midoriko as Takei Shizuka
Aoki Ryuzo’s teacher during his student days. Her son, who is a high school student, aspires to be a doctor.
Riju Go as Urabe Taizo
A professor at Omi University Hospital’s department of surgery. He scouted Sanekawa Go for his own career advancement.
Scriptwriter
Maekawa Yoichi (Last Chance, Akira to Akira, Shizumanu Taiyo)
Original Work
Kokou no Mesu ~ Gekai Toma Tetsuhiko by Ogane Toshihiko
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