A Lone Scalpel (2010)
Original title: 孤高のメス
A Lone Scalpel is a 2010 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Izuru Narushima, with a running time of 2h 6m. It stars Shinichi Tsutsumi, Yui Natsukawa and Hisashi Yoshizawa.
Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…
Cast
- Shinichi Tsutsumi as Tetsuhiko Toma
- Yui Natsukawa as Namiko Nakamura
- Hisashi Yoshizawa as Ryuzo Aoki
- Noriko Nakagoshi as Shoko Okawa
- Yutaka Matsushige as Takeshi Minorikawa
- Hiroki Narimiya as Kohei Nakamura
- Mitsuru Hirata as Koji Shimada
- Katsuhisa Namase as Mutsuo Nomoto
- Akira Emoto as Matsuo Okawa
- Kenichi Yajima as Saburo Murakami
- Homare Mabuchi as Kohei Nakamura (child age)
- Yuu Tokui as Takao Shiratori