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.

Summary

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

* Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen * Eijirō Tōno - Professor Azuma * Takahiro Tamura - Shuji Satomi *

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

Awards

5th Moscow International Film Festival *Won: Silver Prize 17th

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*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)

* Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen * Gaku Yamamoto - Shuji Satomi * Nobuo Nakamura - Professor Azuma *

- Professor Ugai * Masakane Yonekura - Professor Kikukawa * Shin Saburi - Professor Funao *Meicho Soganoya - Mataichi Zaizen * Yoshi Katō - Professor Ōkouchi *

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- Kyosuke Takemura * Nobuo Kaneko - Jukichi Iwata * Eiji Okada - Seiichi Satomi *Mieko Azuma - Masako Azuma * Kiyoshi Kodama - Hitoshi Sekiguchi * Kiwako Taichi - Keiko Hanamori *

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- Yoshie Sasaki * Yoko Shimada - Saeko Azuma *

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- 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 *

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- Shuji Satomi * Koji Ishizaka - Professor Azuma * Hideaki Itō - Hiroshi Yanagihara * Masato Ibu - Professor Ugai * Toshiyuki Nishida - Mataichi Zaizen * Mayumi Wakamura - Kyoko Zaizen * Hitomi Kuroki - Keiko Hanamori * Takaya Kamikawa - 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)

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- Goro Zaizen *

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- Shuji Satomi * Akira Terao - Professor Azuma * Erika Sawajiri - 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 - Professor Ōkouchi * Toshirō Yanagiba - 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 - Tōru Sekiguchi * Ikusaburo Yamazaki - Kōichirō Kunihira *Wolfgang Riehm as Dr. Wolf

Awards

21st Mainichi Film Award *Won: Best Film

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shiroi Kyoto 1965 Japanese novels Medical literature Japanese medical television series Japanese novels adapted into films Novels set in Japan

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Cast (1966 film)

Cast

Awards

Cast (1967 TV series)

Cast (1978 TV series)

Cast (1990 TV mini-series)

Cast (2003 TV series)

Cast (2019 TV mini-series)

Awards

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