No.of Epis: 11 + 1 specialYear/TV Station: 2008/FujiTV
Cast:
Yamashita Tomohisa ~ Aizawa Kousaku
Aragaki Yui ~ Shiraishi Megumi
Toda Erika ~ Hiyama Mihoko
Asari Yosuke ~ Fujikawa Kazuo
Higa Manami ~ Saejima Haruka
Ryo ~ Mitsui Kanna
Yanagiba Toshiro ~ Kuroda Shuji
Synopsis: (edited from Dramawiki)
The concept is based on Japan's proposal for an emergency medical service using helicopters to quickly reach those in need. A special bill was passed in June 2007 that should foster widespread adoption of the system. Aizawa, Shiraishi, Hiyama & Fujikawa are doctors-in-training, working under the guidance of experienced "flight doctors" like Kuroda & Mitsui. The drama wld focus on the trainee doctors on rescue mission, and the personal problems they faced.
Slacker's review:
Code Blue is a standard medical drama which focus on trainee doctors, though this time they have extra work to do besides their normal routines. Code Blue's storyline is rather predictable, we get to see the individual characters having their own problems...and from time to time there wld be several big cases. U can't fault the plot, but there's nothing new to offer. (That's why I got bored sometimes.) Compared to "Tomorrow", Code Blue is more rigid in terms of storyline. I am quite impressed with Yamapi's performance. "Idols can't act" is a common problem for the Johnny's guys. I think Yamapi cld have shaken that image off with his "Aizawa" role here. He looked alot more matured, but very "woody" with his expressions. (Aizawa is one cool guy..so u know u won't get much expressions from him, he just looked too calm.) Aragaki seemed to grow up alot since her movie "Koizora". She's pretty tall now..and more matured. Performance was not bad too...Shiraishi has to cope with her internal fears and the guilt she had after causing Kuroda to nearly lose his hand. I thought the drama might hint some romance b/w Aizawa & Shiraishi, but nothing much happened. They're just closer to each other, giving moral support...Toda & Asari are alright...I nearly cldn't recognised Toda...she looked different in "Death Note" leh. Anyway, she has lots of dramas going on this yr...but i think she still has room for improvement. Higa, who acted as the nurse was pretty good too..she seemed to have conflict with the trainee docs..but luckily they cld work together well after knowing each other better. Thumbs up to Ryo & Yanagiba..the veterans...I wondered why Yanagiba aged so much??? He looked very "ojisan" here leh...but anyway, I really like his character here, though Kuroda cld be quite annoying...as he's a strict fella.
Not much romance going on here as usual..I wonder why Japanese medical dramas hardly have any romance?? Ha!
Ending theme "Hanabi" by Mr. Children..quite a nice song.
If you're not too bored by medical dramas, do catch Code Blue.
--10/01/2009--
Syonpsis: The special will continue from the last epi of "Code Blue" with the intern doctors rescuing people in the tunnel and ignored the rescue party. As a result, they were refrained from the job for a wk as punishment. Meanwhile, Kuroda decided to concentrate on his rehabilitation and left the hospital. A train with lots of passengers derailed and overturned. The intern doctors went to the rescue, and Kuroda, who is supposed to go to the airport, went to help them out.
Slacker's review:
Main focus of the special was about the train accident, and Hiyama was seriously injured. Plot wise it's rather standard, but I cld feel the strong bond b/w the characters now. We get to see them grow and experienced the difficulties in life & seperation. Sad to see Kuroda leaving the team too. Well, a nicely done special. Don't miss it!
