How long? 11 episWhen & which tv stn? 2006/FujiTV
Who's in?
Sakaguchi Kenji ~ Asada Ryutaro
Inamori Izumi ~ Kato Akira
Mizukawa Asami ~ Satohara Miki
Koike Teppei ~ Ijyuin Noboru
Kitamura Kazuki ~ Kirima Gunji
What's it abt? (editied from Fuji TV)
Asada Ryutaro is enjoying his peaceful life in the countryside, when he is visited by Kato Akira, an assistant professor of the Faculty of Cardiac Surgery at Meishin University Medical Hospital.
Ryutaro is a genius surgeon who used to lead "Team Medical Dragon," a world-class NGO medical team. In harsh environments that lacked medicine and electricity, Ryutaro witnessed many lives pass away. At the same time, he saved many other lives.
As a female doctor, Akira managed to become an assistant professor. She has ambitions to be promoted to professor by succeeding in a surgery using the Batista technique — an extremely difficult type of heart surgery — and also by writing a thesis on it. A year ago, Akira witnessed Ryutaro's skills when he was an NGO doctor. That's why she recruits him and asks him to use the Batista technique. Since Ryutaro's arrival, urgent patients who would have been abandoned in the past, are miraculously saved by the "hands of God". However, Ryutaro's behaviour also caused many problems in the Uni Hospital. On the other hand, Akira's boyfriend Kirima is also working on the same dream as her...but Akira didn't know about Kirima's past and his plans, when he became the 1st surgeon to complete a surgery using the Batista technique.
Love & Hates:
There are quite a few japanese med-dramas dealing with the uni hospital problems etc..and it always showed the darkness and ugly truth in these hospitals...one classic example is "The Great White Tower". This drama touched more on Ryutaro trying to form a best team for the Batista surgery...and of coz..how he managed to save the lives using his unique methods. Plot was quite fast paced with a new case every epi.
Sakaguchi definitely impressed me with his performance...at least he cld proved htat he cld lead a drama. Though he's quite expressionless most of the time...I think he pulled off quite well as Asada. Most of u cant remember Inamori ba..but then if i tell u she's the gd pal of the female lead in "Long Vacation"..perhaps u wld sort of rmb her. Nv seen such a serious Inamori before...I loved her performance here...how she broke down when she knew Kirima betrayed her and how she decided to move on with her inital aim to become a professor. The other cast gave a gd performance too...Koike looked a little weird...like "a kid doctor" becoz' of his looks. Kitamura...as usual..acting as a baddie la...but with a sad past.
OST is nice...nice instrumentals and there's an eng insert song which was beautifully sung..
Worth watching?
Wld reco to j drama fans la..but then it may be boring to many of u as well. Well, Iryu 2 is coming this autumn...and most of the cast will be back in action. Definitely won't miss it!
