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The Thorns of Alice

The Thorns of Alice

20148.11 Season10 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Mizuno Asumi is a doctor at the University Hospital. Her only objective in life is to avenge the death of her father, a death caused by immoral and negligent doctors.

Created by Natsuko Ikeda
Written by Natsuko Ikeda, Maki Takahashi
Produced by Masanao Takahashi, Mahoko Takanari
NetworksTBS

Top Cast

Juri Ueno

Juri Ueno

Asumi Mizuno

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Yusuke Nishimon

Chiaki Kuriyama

Chiaki Kuriyama

Miwa Hoshino

Norika Fujiwara

Norika Fujiwara

Risa Date

Aoi Nakamura

Aoi Nakamura

Yuma Gendai

Naoki Tanaka

Naoki Tanaka

Junichi Chihara

Koichi Iwaki

Koichi Iwaki

Shuichi Gendai

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Tsuyoshi Arima

Baijaku Nakamura

Baijaku Nakamura

Kazufumi Mizuno

Asumi Kikuchi

Asumi Kikuchi

Young Asumi

Themes & Keywords

revengemedical drama

About The Thorns of Alice

The Thorns of Alice is a drama, mystery series that first aired in 2014 exploring themes of revenge, medical drama. Created by Natsuko Ikeda, it stars Juri Ueno, Joe Odagiri, Chiaki Kuriyama. Mizuno Asumi is a doctor at the University Hospital. Her only objective in life is to avenge the death of her father, a death caused by immoral and negligent doctors.

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