Details
Title: チーム・バチスタの栄光
Title (romaji): Team Batista no Eiko
Also known as: Team Batista's Glory
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 13.2 (Kanto)
Broadcast networks: Fuji TV, KTV
Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-14 to 2008-Dec-23
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Mamoritai Mono by Aoyama Thelma (青山 テルマ)
Related show: General Rouge no Gaisen, Team Batista 3
Synopsis
There exists a legendary team of surgical experts in Tojo University Hospital that specializes in the Batista procedure - one of the most difficult cardiac surgeries with the survival rate only at 60%. Ever since its formation, this team has shocked the country by having 27 consecutive post-operative successes, virtually unheard of in the medical community. They basked in the glory until three of the most recent procedures resulted in consecutive deaths on the operating table. Taguchi, a psychosomatic medicine specialist, has been entrusted with the investigation but is in over his head because of his soft nature and having to deal with skills beyond his realm of expertise. Then arrives Shiratori, a cocky Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare investigator. He not only labels Taguchi naive, but speaks with confidence that this is a murder, and the murderer is within this team of elites. As the mystery unfolds, so does the complicated affiliation between each of the seven team members. Will this unlikely duo uncover the truth in time?
Cast
Ito Atsushi as Taguchi Kohei
Nakamura Toru as Shiratori Keisuke
Team Batista
Ihara Tsuyoshi as Kiryu Kyoichi
Miyagawa Daisuke as Narumi Ryo
Shaku Yumiko as Otomo Naomi
Shirota Yu as Himuro Koichiro
Tsurumi Shingo as Kakitani Yuji
Suzuki Hiroki as Sakai Toshiki
Toda Masahiro (戸田昌宏) as Haba Kanshi
Tojo University Medical Department
Natori Yuko as Fujiwara Makoto
Hayashi Ryuzo as Takashina Kenta
Chisun as Miyahara Kanako
Uemura Chika (うえむらちか) as Hoshino Kyoko
Enoki Takaaki as Kurosaki Seiichiro
Taguchi Family
Yokoyama Akio (横山あきお) as Taguchi Shuuzo
Saiki Risa (彩木里紗) as Taguchi Midori
Ishii Mieko (石井美絵子) as Taguchi Akane
Beans Farm Cafe
Kinoshita Hoka as Kishikawa Tamotsu
Okunuki Kaoru as Kishikawa Mari
Guests
Asaka Mayumi as Hashimoto Yukiko (ep1)
Toyama Toshiya as Suzuta (ep1)
Tanaka Yoji as Kimura (ep1)
Tajima Yumika (ep2)
David Ito as Okuda Ryuji (ep3)
Mori Ren as Inoue Hiroshi (ep3)
Sano Keisuke (佐野圭亮) as Hikichi Atsuo (ep3,11)
Otani Mitsuho as Kawakami Taeko (ep4)
Mashima Hidekazu (眞島秀和) as Aoki Kazushi (ep5,7,9)
Watanabe Kohei (渡邉紘平) as Hirata Koji (ep8-11)
Kanazawa Miho as Muramoto Kana (ep8-9)
Yoshimitsu Ryota (吉満涼太) as Takada Hisashi (ep8)
Kaido Takeru (海堂尊) (ep11)
Production Credits
Original writing: Kaido Takeru (海堂尊)
Screenwriter: Goto Noriko
Producer: Toyofuku Yoko (豊福陽子), Toda Koichi (遠田孝一), Yamaki Kaoru (八巻かおる)
Director: Ueda Hisashi (植田尚), Imai Kazuhisa
Music: Haneoka Kei (羽岡佳), Senoo Takeshi (妹尾武)
Team Batista no Eiko
