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DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon

DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon

20117.53 Seasons29 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Donoue General Hospital runs into a budget deficit, even though the doctors drive expensive imported cars and live an outlandish lifestyle. Office manager Momoi finds surgeon Kosuke Sagara through a medical website. Kosuke Sagara arrives at the hospital and tells the director of the general hospital to decide on his pay after watching his work. Kosuke Sagara informs the hospital that he had previously quit his job at a university hospital and taken a year sabbatical.

Created by Yasushi Fukuda
Written by Yasushi Fukuda
Produced by Yuki Jinba, Chizuko Matsuno
Networkstv asahi

Top Cast

Ikki Sawamura

Ikki Sawamura

Kosuke Sagara

Masanobu Takashima

Masanobu Takashima

Suguru Moriyama

Ran Ito

Ran Ito

Kazue Minagawa

Manami Higa

Manami Higa

Sachi Miyabe

Tomoka Kurokawa

Tomoka Kurokawa

Ami Aihara

Yoko Nogiwa

Yoko Nogiwa

Tamaki Dogami

Bokuzo Masana

Bokuzo Masana

Kei Sasai

Yoichiro Saito

Yoichiro Saito

Yoshiro Senju

Atsushi

Atsushi

Kenya Takaizumi

Usou Ozaki

Usou Ozaki

Tamotsu Danbara

Themes & Keywords

japanmedical drama

About DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon

DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon is a drama series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of japan, medical drama. Created by Yasushi Fukuda, it stars Ikki Sawamura, Masanobu Takashima, Ran Ito. Donoue General Hospital runs into a budget deficit, even though the doctors drive expensive imported cars and live an outlandish lifestyle. Office manager Momoi finds surgeon Kosuke Sagara through a medical website. Kosuke Sagara arrives at the hospital and tells the director of the general hospital to decide on his pay after watching his work. Kosuke Sagara informs the hospital that he had previously quit his job at a university hospital and taken a year sabbatical.

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