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- TV Movie: Flying Trapeze
- Romaji: Kuchu Buranko
- Japanese: 空中ブランコ
- Director: Shosuke Murakami
- Writer: Hideo Okuda (novel), Hiroshi Hashimoto
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 1
- Release Date: May 27, 2005
- Runtime: Friday 21:30-23:24
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Are you really sick? Is what you believe to be true actually the truth? Is this "tondemo" (preposterous in Japanese) psychiatrist an outstanding doctor or a quack? The "tondemo" psychiatrist is brimming with curiosity. A positive assessment would be naive innocence, while a negative assessment would be a reckless daredevil. He is accompanied by his cohort, a sexy nurse. Flying trapeze performers, yakuza hoods, models and an assortment of characters with their various problems visit the psychiatrist Irabu, which results in all sorts of happenings. Does his totally unexpected behavior help his patients get better or is it just a personal whim? Will they be cured of their emotional disorders?
Notes
- Based on novel "Kuchu Buranko" by Hideo Okuda (published April 25, 2004 by Bungeishunju). The novel won the 131st Naoki Prize in 2004. "Kuchu Buranko" is the second novel in Hideo Okuda's "Seishinkai Irabu Series."
- Related titles (same novel):
- Flying Trapeze | Kuchu Buranko (Fuji TV / 2005)
- Trapeze | Gongjoonggeune (TBA / 2017)
- Related titles (other novels in same series):
- In the Pool (2005)
- Dr. Irabu, the Mental Specialist | Dr. Irabu Ichiro (TV Asahi / 2011)
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