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A Lone Scalpel

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Original title

Kokô no mesu (A Lone Scalpel)

Year

2010

Running time

126 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Izuru Narushima

Screenwriter

Izuru Narushima. Novel: Toshihiko Ohgane

Cast

Music

Goro Yasukawa

Cinematography

Junichi Fujisawa

Producer

Amuse Inc., Gento-sha, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

Genre

Drama | Biography. Medical

Synopsis

Surgeon Touma (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) became a doctor after losing his mother at a young age due to a faulty diagnosis. Now working at at a local hospital in 1989, Touma faces the realities of a flawed medical system, but continues to help his patients regardless of past customs. One day, the mayor (Akira Emoto) of the local city is admitted into the hospital in critical condition. To save the mayor's life, the mayor must undergo the first liver transplant from a brain-dead donor procedure in Japan. The law currently forbids such operations ... what will Touma do?

Awards: 2011: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: 5 nominations

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A Lone Scalpel

2010

Izuru Narushima