A Lone Scalpel

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Movie: A Lone Scalpel
Romaji: Kokou no Mesu
Japanese: 孤高のメス
Director: Izuru Narushima
Writer: Toshihiko Oogane (novel), Masato Kato
Producer: Takashi Hirajo, Chiharu Nakasone
Cinematographer: Junichi Fujisawa
Release Date: June 5, 2010
Runtime: 126 min.
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Surgeon Touma (Shinichi Tsutsumi) became a doctor after losing his mother at a young age due to a faulty diagnosis. Now working at at a local hospital in 1989, Touma faces the realities of a flawed medical system, but continues to help his patients regardless of past customs. One day, the mayor (Akira Emoto) of the local city is admitted into the hospital in critical condition. To save the mayor's life, the mayor must undergo the first liver transplant from a brain-dead donor procedure in Japan. The law currently forbids such operations ... what will Touma do?

Notes

Based on the novel "Kokou no Mesu" written by Doctor Toshihiko Oogane.

Cast



Shinichi Tsutsumi	Yui Natsukawa	Yu Yoshizawa	Noriko Nakagoshi	Kenichi Yajima
Tetsuhiko Touma	Namiko Nakamura	Ryuzo Aoki	Shoko Okawa	Saburo Murakami



Hiroki Narimiya	Mitsuru Hirata	Yutaka Matsushige	Kimiko Yo	Katsuhisa Namase	Akira Emoto
Kohei Nakamura	Mitsuharu Shinada	Go Sanegawa	Shizuka Takei	Mutsuo Nomoto	Matsuo Okawa

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Film Festivals

2010 (20th) Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival - February 25th-March 1st - Official Selection
2011 (6th) Osaka Asian Film Festival - March 5-13, 2011 - Osaka Cinema Festival 2011

Awards

2010 (65th) Mainichi Film Awards - January 17, 2011
- "Best Actor" (Shinichi Tsutsumi)
- "Best Supporting Actress" (Yui Natsukawa)

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