A Lone Scalpel
Season 1
S1 · E1 · Jan 13, 2019
Episode 1 Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Jan 20, 2019
Episode 2 Episode 2
S1 · E3 · Jan 27, 2019
Episode 3 Episode 3
S1 · E4 · Feb 3, 2019
Episode 4 Episode 4
S1 · E5 · Feb 10, 2019
Episode 5 Episode 5
S1 · E6 · Feb 17, 2019
Episode 6 Episode 6
S1 · E7 · Feb 24, 2019
Episode 7 Episode 7
S1 · E8 · Mar 3, 2019
Episode 8 Episode 8
8 episodes in Season 1
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Tetsuhiko Toma is a surgeon who studied in the United States. He begins work at a private hospital in a rural area in Japan. He believes that people should receive the same level of care at all hospitals. Guided by those principles, he takes on challenging surgeries and saves the lives of patients. Tetsuhiko Toma attempts an internal organ transplant for the first time in Japan, but the health care system blocks him.
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Cast
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Hideaki Takizawa
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Roran Takayama Creator · Akira Uchikata Director Kei Haneoka Composer
Total runtime 7h 12m · Episode length 54 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
January 13, 2019
Final episode
March 3, 2019
Status
Ended
Network
WOWOW Prime
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
54 min
Total runtime
7h 12m
Original language
Japanese
Production
WOWOW
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
孤高のメス
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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