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Iryu: Team Medical Dragon

Iryu: Team Medical Dragon

20067.14 Seasons43 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

Ryutaro Asada was the chief surgeon of Team Medical Dragon, a globally active emergency medical care team that worked in refugee camps. After his return to Japan, this amazingly talented surgeon starts work at a university hospital, where he uncovers one case of corruption after another and takes on a lot of powerful contenders in this heroic drama. The struggles between the hospital and the patients, the infighting among the hospital staff, and the patients who get involved in those struggles are all depicted in a realistic manner in a drama that has an overwhelming feeling of speed. Here’s a human drama depicting a thrilling battle between life and death, a totally new, outstanding form of entertainment.

Created by Kayo Hikawa
Written by Kayo Hikawa, Koji Hayashi, Tarô Nogizaka
NetworksFuji TV

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Top Cast

Kenji Sakaguchi

Kenji Sakaguchi

Asada Ryutaro

Teppei Koike

Teppei Koike

Noboru ijuin

Izumi Inamori

Izumi Inamori

Aki kato

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Fujiyoshi Keisuke

Sadao Abe

Sadao Abe

Arase Monji

Mari Natsuki

Mari Natsuki

Kito Shoko

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Noguchi Keno

Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Kihara Takehiko

Yuri Nakamura

Yuri Nakamura

Miyuki Higuchi

Themes & Keywords

medical dramarehabilitating sidelined medical personneldeveloping promising medical professionalsdoctors without borders alumnusfighting "little medical emperors"

About Iryu: Team Medical Dragon

Iryu: Team Medical Dragon is a drama series that first aired in 2006 exploring themes of medical drama, rehabilitating sidelined medical personnel, developing promising medical professionals, doctors without borders alumnus, fighting "little medical emperors". Created by Kayo Hikawa, it stars Kenji Sakaguchi, Teppei Koike, Izumi Inamori. Ryutaro Asada was the chief surgeon of Team Medical Dragon, a globally active emergency medical care team that worked in refugee camps. After his return to Japan, this amazingly talented surgeon starts work at a university hospital, where he uncovers one case of corruption after another and takes on a lot of powerful contenders in this heroic drama. The struggles between the hospital and the patients, the infighting among the hospital staff, and the patients who get involved in those struggles are all depicted in a realistic manner in a drama that has an overwhelming feeling of speed. Here’s a human drama depicting a thrilling battle between life and death, a totally new, outstanding form of entertainment.

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