Directed by:
Yasuzo MasumuraScreenplay:
Kaneto ShindōCinematography:
Setsuo KobayashiComposer:
Hikaru HayashiCast:
Hideko Takamine, Taketoshi Naitō, Haruko Sugimura, Ayako Wakao, Raizō Ichikawa, Chieko Naniwa, 原知佐子, 伊達三郎, 南部彰三, 渡辺美佐子Plots(1)
An extraordinarily bizarre period film about physician Hanaoka Seishu, the first doctor to use general anesthetic. Hanaoka is so completely immersed in his work that he has little time for the two women in his life – his mother and long-suffering wife. Vying for his attention, the two women offer themselves as guinea pigs for his surgical trials. (Independent Cinema Office)
(more)Cast
Hideko Takamine
Japan
Best movies:
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Immortal Love (1961)
Taketoshi Naitō
Japan
Best movies:
Haruko Sugimura
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Early Summer (1951)
Red Beard (1965)
Ayako Wakao
Japan
Best movies:
Red Angel (1966)
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
A Cheerful Girl (1957)
Raizō Ichikawa
Japan
Best movies:
続・忍びの者 (1963)
Shinobi no mono (1962)
Le Sabre (1964)
Chieko Naniwa
Japan
Best movies:
Equinox Flower (1958)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Throne of Blood (1957)
原知佐子
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Pale Flower (1964)
Hachiko monogatari (1987)
伊達三郎
Japan
Best movies:
続・忍びの者 (1963)
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
南部彰三
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
渡辺美佐子
Japan
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
The Great Passage (2013)