A Lone Scalpel (Japanese Drama)

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Drama: A Lone Scalpel (literal title)
Romaji: Kokou no Mesu
Japanese: 孤高のメス
Director: Akira Uchikata
Writer: Roran Takayama (novel), Youichi Maekawa
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 8
Release Date: January 13 - March 3, 2019
Runtime: Sundays 22:00
Genre: Medical
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Set in the 1980's when internal organ transplants where considered taboo.

Tetsuhiko Toma (Hideaki Takizawa) is a surgeon who studied in the United States. He begins work at a private hospital in a rural area in Japan. He believes that people should receive the same level of care at all hospitals. Guided by those principles, he takes on challenging surgeries and saves the lives of patients. Tetsuhiko Toma attempts an internal organ transplant for the first time in Japan, but the health care system blocks him.

Notes

"A Lone Scalpel" takes over WOWOW's Sunday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Pandora IV: AI War" and followed by "The Voice Calling Your Name" on March 24, 2019.
Based on novel "Kokou no Mesu: Gekai Toma Tetsuhiko“ by Roran Takayama (published January, 2005 by Gentosha Bunko).
Related titles:
1. A Lone Scalpel | Kokou no Mesu (2010)
2. A Lone Scalpel | Kokou no Mesu (WOWOW / 2019)

Cast



Hideaki Takizawa	Toru Nakamura	Kyozo Nagatsuka	Kanji Ishimaru	Asuka Kudo
Tetsuhiko Toma	Go Sanekawa	Matsuo Okawa	Koji Shimada	Ryuzo Aoki



Mizuki Yamamoto	Ichirota Miyakawa	Midoriko Kimura	Masaki Miura	Go Riju
Shoko Okawa	Rokuro Nomoto	Shizuka Takei	Kiichi Uesaka	Taizo Urabe



Koen Kondo	Naomasa Musaka	Hirotaro Honda
Hirokazu Misato	Kozo Tokutake	Shoichi Ogiya

Additional Cast Members:

Akko Tadano - Yoriko Okawa

Comments

6th Apr 12 2020 9:46 pm The reporter is so annoying, really too up all the fun out of the story. Peobably in the 80's or 90's they do not practise confidentiality in healthcare? And the whole drama was just a mini series focussing on one subject. No chance of a 2nd season? Glad to see Hideaki acting again and hope to see more of him...cool dude.

Sity Feb 19 2020 9:23 pm This is the best medical drama that I have ever watched! I could watch this again and again. Dr. Toma Tetsuhiko is now becomes my favourite hero in dramaland. There are many great surgeons or specialists in medical dramas with amazing skills, be it in Japanese or Korean drama. But Dr. Toma, he is outstanding, yet humble, soft spoken and very kind hearted surgeon. I just found out that Hideaki Takizawi has retired from entertainment industry ? However, I'm so glad that he took A Lone Scalpel as his last drama.

Rin-chan Nov 30 2018 6:27 am Probably his last project? :(

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