The Great White Tower (2019)

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Drama: The Great White Tower (literal title)
Romaji: Shiroi Kyoto
Japanese: 白い巨塔
Director: Yasuo Tsuruhashi, Jota Tsunehiro
Writer: Toyoko Yamasaki (novel), Daisuke Habara
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 5
Release Date: May 22 - 26, 2019
Runtime: Weds. - Sun. 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Goro Zaizen (Junichi Okada) is an associate professor in the department of surgery at a university hospital. He is a talented surgeon and famous for laparoscopy surgery. He is also respected by his students. Goro Zaizen came from a poor family and everything he has achieved he has worked for. Because he is ambitious, confident and arrogant, some people hold antipathy for him. Goro Zaizen pursues becoming a professor in the surgery department.

Notes

Based on novel "Shiroi Kyoto" by Toyoko Yamasaki (published from September, 1963 to June, 1965 in magazine Sunday Mainichi ).
Related titles:
1. The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (1966)
2. The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (Fuji TV / 1978-1979)
3. The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (Fuji TV / 2003-2004)
4. Behind The White Tower | Hayeon Keotap (MBC / 2007)
5. The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (TV Asahi / 2019)

Cast



Junichi Okada	Kenichi Matsuyama	Erika Sawajiri	Akira Terao	Yutaka Matsushige
Goro Zaizen	Shuji Satomi	Keiko Hanamori	Teizo Azuma	Yuji Ugai



Ittoku Kishibe	Shinnosuke Mitsushima	Norito Yashima	Rie Mimura	Mikako Ichikawa
Tsuneo Okochi	Masahiro Yanagihara	Tomohiro Tsukuda	Kimiko Kameyama	Natsumi Nosaka