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8.9

Series Details

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 21

Creators: Toyoko Yamasaki

Networks: Fuji TV

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Oct 9, 2003

Recent Air Date: Mar 18, 2004

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: Japanese

Age Rating: NR

Website: Link

Production Companies: Fuji Television Network , Kyodo Television

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Synopsis

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.