Details
Title: 華岡青洲の妻
Title (romaji): Seishu Hanaoka no Tsuma
Also known as: Seishu Hanaoka's Wife
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 6
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-21 to 2005-Mar-04
Air time: Friday 23:00 to 23:45
Synopsis
Hanaoka Seishu is a surgeon in the end of Edo period, who succeeded in breast-cancer operation with full anesthesia for the first time in the world. Based on Ariyoshi Sawako's novel, the drama portraits conflicts between his mother Otsugi and his wife Kae's two women who loved and supported him. --NHK
Cast
Wakui Emi as Kae
Tanaka Yoshiko as Otsugi
Tanihara Shosuke as Hanaoka Seishuu (Unpei)
Nakajima Hiroko as Okatsu
Oda Akane as Koriku
Ishida Taro as Hanaoka Naomichi
Negishi Toshie as Toyo
Mikami Ichiro (三上市朗) as Ryouan
Notes
Based on Sawako Ariyoshi's book of the same title, translated into English as "The Doctor's Wife."
