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The Best Skilled Surgeon

The Best Skilled Surgeon

20111 Season10 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A young genius surgeon named Mikoto Saijou was born with a serious heart disease. While he was a little boy he got surgery of the leading Japanese heart surgeon Mamoru Shindo and his life was miraculously saved. Mikoto was inspired by the magnificent skill of Dr. Shindo and later he became a world leading pediatric surgeon. With his miracle skill and technique, he challenges difficult surgery and makes them to succeed one after another. Save the lives of children will make the future, Mikoto believes.

Produced by Shinji Okabe, NIHIRA Tomoyo
NetworksTV Tokyo

Top Cast

Takumi Saitoh

Takumi Saitoh

Mikoto Saijo

Manami Higa

Manami Higa

Maria Sena

Takanori Jinnai

Takanori Jinnai

Sadame Kiryu

Shigeru Izumiya

Shigeru Izumiya

Mamoru Shindo

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Ayame Kiryu

Yuka Itaya

Yuka Itaya

Yuki Manaka

Hiromi Kitagawa

Hiromi Kitagawa

Izumi Maeda

Masato Irie

Masato Irie

Ryuma Sakamoto

Kazuma Yamane

Kazuma Yamane

Tsubasa Yamada

Chinami Suzuki

Chinami Suzuki

Ran Sawaki

Themes & Keywords

surgeonbased on mangasurgery

About The Best Skilled Surgeon

The Best Skilled Surgeon is a drama series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of surgeon, based on manga, surgery. it stars Takumi Saitoh, Manami Higa, Takanori Jinnai. A young genius surgeon named Mikoto Saijou was born with a serious heart disease. While he was a little boy he got surgery of the leading Japanese heart surgeon Mamoru Shindo and his life was miraculously saved. Mikoto was inspired by the magnificent skill of Dr. Shindo and later he became a world leading pediatric surgeon. With his miracle skill and technique, he challenges difficult surgery and makes them to succeed one after another. Save the lives of children will make the future, Mikoto believes.

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