is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the

5th Moscow International Film Festival The 5th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1967. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film '' The Journalist'', directed by Sergei Gerasimov and the Hungarian film ''Father'', directed by István Szabó. The fe ...

where it won a Silver Prize.

Summary

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both associate professors at Naniwa University Hospital in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.

Cast (1966 film)

Cast

* Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen *

Eijirō Tōno was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting more than 50 years, appeared in over 400 television shows, nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions. He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa, such as ''Seven Samu ...

- Professor Azuma * Takahiro Tamura - Shuji Satomi * Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai *

Eiji Funakoshi was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in '' Fires on the Plain''. Biography Born Eijirō Funakoshi on 17 March 1923, in Tokyo, Eiji Funakoshi ...

- Professor Kikukawa * Osamu Takizawa - Professor Funao * Kenjiro Ishiyama - Mataichi Zaizen * Yoshi Katō - Professor Ōkouchi *

Teruko Kishi Teruko (written: , , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Empress of Japan *Akai Teruko Akai Teruko (赤井輝子, November 6, 1514 – December 17, 1594) or Myoinni (妙印尼) was a late-Sengoku peri ...

- Masako *

Mayumi Ogawa is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for '' Vengeance Is Mine'' and '' The Three Undelivered Letters''. In 2008, Ogawa got ordained as a Shingon Bud ...

- Keiko Hanamori *

Shiho Fujimura Shiho Fujimura (藤村志保 ''Fujimura Shiho'', born 3 January 1939 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Special Prize for her career at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography Films *''Shino ...

- Saeko * Toshio Takahara - Tsukuda * Mizuho Suzuki - Hitoshi Sekiguchi

Awards

*Won: Silver Prize 17th

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...

*Won: Best Film Award *Won: Best Screenplay Award 21st

Mainichi Film Award The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan. History The origins of the contest date back to 1935, ...

*Won: Best Director Award *Won: Best Screenplay Award

Cast (1967 TV series)

Kei Satō was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, and for several films with Kaneto Shindo, such as '' Onibaba'' and '' Kuroneko''. He won the best actor award from ''Kinema Ju ...

- Goro Zaizen * Jun Negami - Shuji Satomi *

Isao Yamagata was a Japanese film actor. In 1942, Yamagata and So Yamamura formed the ''Bunkaza Theatre Company''. In 1949 he made his film debut with ''Kirareya Senta''. Yamagata became famous for his role in 1953 film '' Gate of Hell''. He became a charac ...

- Professor Azuma

Cast (1978 TV series)

* Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen * Gaku Yamamoto - Shuji Satomi * Nobuo Nakamura - Professor Azuma * Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai * Masakane Yonekura - Professor Kikukawa * Shin Saburi - Professor Funao *Meicho Soganoya - Mataichi Zaizen * Yoshi Katō - Professor Ōkouchi *

Kō Nishimura was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's ''The Bad Sleep Well'' and '' Yojimbo'', Kihachi Okamoto's ''Sword of Doom'', Yoshitaro Nomura's ''Zero Focus'', and Kon Ichikawa's '' The Burmese Harp'' ( ...

- Kyosuke Takemura * Nobuo Kaneko - Jukichi Iwata *

Eiji Okada was a Japanese film actor from Chōshi, Chiba. Okada served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor. Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him" in Fre ...

- Seiichi Satomi *Mieko Azuma - Masako Azuma *

Kiyoshi Kodama was a Japanese TV personality and actor. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show ''Panel Quiz Attack 25'' continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the e ...

- Hitoshi Sekiguchi *

Kiwako Taichi was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1967 and 1985. Biography Kiwako Taichi was born in Tokyo on 2 December 1943. She graduated Shoin Junior and Senior High School and, after training in the Haiyuza Theatre Company ...

- Keiko Hanamori * Tamao Nakamura - Yoshie Sasaki * Yoko Shimada - Saeko Azuma * Tanie Kitabayashi - Ume Yamada *Choichiro Kawarazaki - Tomohiro Tsukuda * Iemasa Kayumi - Narrator

Cast (1990 TV mini-series)

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in ''jidaigeki'' roles, and has also taken parts in ''tokusatsu'' and modern productions. Career Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully audi ...

- Goro Zaizen * Mitsuru Hirata - Shuji Satomi * Hideaki Nitani - Professor Azuma

Cast (2003 TV series)

Toshiaki Karasawa (real name Kiyoshi Karasawa (唐澤潔 ''Karasawa Kiyoshi'')) is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He made his theatrical debut in the play ''Boy's Revue Stay Gold'' (ボーイズレビュー・ステイゴールド ''Bōizu Rebyū Sutei Gōrud ...

- Goro Zaizen *

Yōsuke Eguchi is a Japanese actor and singer. Since 1986, he has appeared in a number of television series and movies. He is married to the singer-songwriter Chisato Moritaka (born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwrit ...

- Shuji Satomi * Koji Ishizaka - Professor Azuma *

Hideaki Itō is a Japanese actor. Biography Ito is best known for starring in the hit franchise ''Umizaru'' film series which consistently topped the Japanese box office of the year. He has also head-lined many other major Japanese films such as Takashi M ...

- Hiroshi Yanagihara * Masato Ibu - Professor Ugai *

Toshiyuki Nishida is a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for '' The Silk Road'' (1988) and ''Tsuribaka Nisshi 6'' (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for '' Get Up!'' and '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 14'' (200 ...

- Mataichi Zaizen *

Mayumi Wakamura Mayumi Wakamura (若村麻由美 ''Wakamura Mayumi'', born on January 3, 1967, in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. She decided to be an actress at age sixteen when she saw a stage production by Tatsuya Nakadai's troupe. Later she joined his ...

- Kyoko Zaizen *

Hitomi Kuroki Hitomi Kuroki (Japanese: ; Katakana: ''Kuroki Hitomi''; born October 5, 1960, in Kurogi-Machi, Yame District, Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese actress and film director. Her birth name is Shoko Ichiji ( ''Ichiji Shōko'') née Egami ( ''Egami Sh� ...

- Keiko Hanamori * Takaya Kamikawa - Hitoshi Sekiguchi * Ikki Sawamura - Professor Kikukawa * Tōru Shinagawa - Professor Ōkouchi * Rino Katase - Yoshie Sasaki * Atsuko Takahata - Masako Azuma *

Akiko Yada is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for ''Boku no Ikiru Michi''. Filmography Films * ''Pyrokinesis'' (2000) * '' Tales of the Unusual'' (2000) * ''Impossibility Defense' ...

- Saeko Azuma * Takeo Nakahara - Professor Funao * Takatarō Kataoka - Tomohiro Tsukuda

Cast (2019 TV mini-series)

Junichi Okada is an actor and a former member of Japanese boy band V6, which was under the management of Johnny & Associates. He joined Johnny & Associates at the age of 14. Music career In the summer of 1995, Okada participated in ''Johnny's Pre-School'' ...

- Goro Zaizen *

Kenichi Matsuyama is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films ''Death Note'', '' Death Note 2: The Last Name'' and '' L: Change the World'' in 2008, as well a ...

- Shuji Satomi *

Akira Terao is a Japanese musician, singer and movie actor. As of 2012, he is the only male actor to have received both the Japan Record Award and the Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. Early life Terao was bor ...

- Professor Azuma *

Erika Sawajiri is a Japanese former actress, singer, and model. After starting out as a junior model, Sawajiri transitioned to acting in 2002 and has starred in ''Break Through!'', '' Shinobi: Heart Under Blade'', and '' 1 Litre of Tears'', for all of which sh ...

- Keiko Hanamori * Shinnosuke Mitsushima - Masahiro Yanagihara * Yutaka Matsushige - Professor Ugai * Kaoru Kobayashi - Mataichi Zaizen * Kaho - Kyoko Zaizen * Rie Mimura - Kimiko Kameyama * Mikako Ichikawa - Natsumi Nosaka *

Ittoku Kishibe , born , is a Japanese actor and musician. Career He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese Ac ...

- Professor Ōkouchi * Toshirō Yanagiba - Yōhei Sasaki *

Kayoko Kishimoto is an actress. She appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as '' Hana-bi'', ''Kikujiro'' and '' Dolls''. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for ''Kikujiro''. Biography In 1976 at a Hideki ...

- Yoshie Sasaki *Kōji Mukai - Yōichi Sasaki *

Reiko Takashima is a Japanese actress. Career Takashima starred in Shinji Aoyama's 1999 film, '' EM Embalming''. She has also appeared in films such as '' K-20: Legend of the Mask'', ''Railways'' and ''Space Battleship Yamato''. Filmography Film * ''Like a Ro ...

- Masako Azuma *

Marie Iitoyo is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Filmography Film Television Video on demand Japanese dub Publications Fashion Magazines * ''Niko☆Puchi''（April 2009 issue - June 2011 issue） - Exclusive model * '' Nicola''（June 2011 is ...

- Saeko Azuma * Kippei Shiina - Professor Funao * Norito Yashima - Tomohiro Tsukuda * Takumi Saitoh - Tōru Sekiguchi * Ikusaburo Yamazaki - Kōichirō Kunihira *Wolfgang Riehm as Dr. Wolf

Awards

21st

*Won: Best Film

References

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* * 1965 Japanese novels 1966 films 1978 Japanese television series debuts 2003 Japanese television series debuts 2004 Japanese television series endings 2019 Japanese television series debuts 2019 Japanese television series endings Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners Daiei Film films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto Japanese drama television series Japanese television miniseries 1960s Japanese-language films Medical literature Japanese medical television series Japanese novels adapted into films Novels set in Japan Films with screenplays by Shinobu Hashimoto Films produced by Masaichi Nagata Fuji TV dramas 1960s Japanese films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub

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