60 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestFrom midwinter, Okita told me that he wanted to leave the surgery to him, and he was extremely magnificent. Do you want to entrust your life to her ex-girlfriend instead of her husband? ... The injured magnificent disappears from the stage memorial hospital due to the denunciation by Toranosuke and others.
When Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He left his girlfriend Danjo Mifuyu behind and went to the US alone. 10 years go by and he comes back as a surgeon with outstanding skills to save his former teacher from illness. His teacher is none other than his ex-girlfriend’s father. In the time that Okita was away, Mifuyu had married his own good friend Masao, who is now the deputy director and the heir of the hospital. To make matters worse, this friend was the one who plotted to drive him out form the hospital 10 years ago. Okita has to face all sorts of ordeals to save his teacher. But he never gives up amid the swirl of love, desire, friendship, jealousy and pride. Okita may be awkward but deals with patients with all his heart. His way of life gets the people working at the hospital to start asking themselves what real healthcare is.
Acting
Takuya Kimura's restrained desperation in every scene.
Writing
Medical cases mirror emotional wounds—heavy-handed but effective.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Takuya Kimura reportedly shadowed real surgeons for three months; his instrument-handling is uncannily precise.
The 'departure and return' narrative mirrors classic Japanese drama structures, but subverts expectations by making the protagonist socially incompetent rather than heroic.
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