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 where it won a Silver Prize.

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

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. 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

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- Goro Zaizen *

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- Professor Azuma * Takahiro Tamura - Shuji Satomi * Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai * Eiji Funakoshi - Professor Kikukawa * Osamu Takizawa - Professor Funao * Kenjiro Ishiyama - Mataichi Zaizen * Yoshi Katō - Professor Ōkouchi * Teruko Kishi - Masako * Mayumi Ogawa - 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

5th Moscow International Film Festival *Won: Silver Prize 17th Blue Ribbon Awards *Won: Best Film Award *Won: Best Screenplay Award 21st Mainichi Film Award *Won: Best Director Award *Won: Best Screenplay Award

Cast (1967 TV series)

* Kei Satō - Goro Zaizen * Jun Negami - Shuji Satomi * Isao Yamagata - Professor Azuma

Cast (1978 TV series)

- 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 - Kyosuke Takemura *

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- Jukichi Iwata * Eiji Okada - Seiichi Satomi *Mieko Azuma - Masako Azuma * Kiyoshi Kodama - Hitoshi Sekiguchi * Kiwako Taichi - 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 - Goro Zaizen * Mitsuru Hirata - Shuji Satomi * Hideaki Nitani - Professor Azuma

Cast (2003 TV series)

* Toshiaki Karasawa - Goro Zaizen * Yōsuke Eguchi - Shuji Satomi *

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- Professor Azuma * Hideaki Itō - Hiroshi Yanagihara *

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- Professor Ugai * Toshiyuki Nishida - Mataichi Zaizen * Mayumi Wakamura - Kyoko Zaizen * Hitomi Kuroki - Keiko Hanamori *

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- Hitoshi Sekiguchi * Ikki Sawamura - Professor Kikukawa * Tōru Shinagawa - Professor Ōkouchi * Rino Katase - Yoshie Sasaki * Atsuko Takahata - Masako Azuma * Akiko Yada - Saeko Azuma * Takeo Nakahara - Professor Funao * Takatarō Kataoka - Tomohiro Tsukuda

Cast (2019 TV mini-series)

* Junichi Okada - Goro Zaizen * Kenichi Matsuyama - Shuji Satomi * Akira Terao - Professor Azuma * Erika Sawajiri - Keiko Hanamori * Shinnosuke Mitsushima - Masahiro Yanagihara * Yutaka Matsushige - Professor Ugai *

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- Mataichi Zaizen * Kaho - Kyoko Zaizen *

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- Kimiko Kameyama * Mikako Ichikawa - Natsumi Nosaka * Ittoku Kishibe - Professor Ōkouchi *

Toshirō Yanagiba is a Japanese actor. Career Yanagiba has appeared in films such as the '' Bayside Shakedown'' series, ''Chinese Dinner'', and '' Space Battleship Yamato''. Filmography Film * '' Run Towards the South On the Road of Sea'' (1986) * '' Young Gi ...

- Yōhei Sasaki * Kayoko Kishimoto - Yoshie Sasaki *Kōji Mukai - Yōichi Sasaki * Reiko Takashima - Masako Azuma * Marie Iitoyo - Saeko Azuma * Kippei Shiina - Professor Funao * Norito Yashima - Tomohiro Tsukuda *

Takumi Saitoh is a Japanese actor and filmmaker. He directs films under his birthname, , spelled differently in Kanji but pronounced the same. Early life and work Saitoh was born on August 22, 1981, in Minato, Tokyo. Saitoh's father worked in the film in ...

- Tōru Sekiguchi *

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- Kōichirō Kunihira *Wolfgang Riehm as Dr. Wolf

Awards

21st Mainichi Film Award *Won: Best Film

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Cast (2019 TV mini-series)

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