Plot
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
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Cast
Jiro Tamiya
Gorō Zaizen
Eijirō Tōno
Professor Teizō Azuma
Takahiro Tamura
Shūji Satomi
Eitarō Ozawa
Professor Masayuki Ugai
Eiji Funakoshi
Professor Noboru Kikukawa
Osamu Takizawa
Professor Funao
Shiho Fujimura
Saeko Azuma
Mayumi Ogawa
Keiko Hanamori
Teruko Kishi
Masako Azuma
Yoshi Katō
Professor Ōkōchi
Masao Shimizu
Attorney Kono
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Mataichi Zaizen
Bontarō Miake
Iwata
Tatsuo Matsushita
Chief Judge of Osaka District Court
Takeshi Katō
Professor Nozaka
Masami Shimojō
Professor Imazu
Mizuho Suzuki
Attorney Sekiguchi
Fujio Suga
Professor Hayama
Yūzō Hayakawa
Anzai
Toshio Takahara
Tomohiro Tsukuda
Sho Natsuki
Professor Kawai
Mantarō Ushio
Nabeshima
Yoshirō Kitahara
Professor Inui
Machiko Hasegawa
Kyōko Zaizen
Hisako Takihana
Kinu Kurokawa
Kiyoko Hirai
Countryside lady
Fumiko Murata
Yoshie Sasaki
Yosuke Takemura
Hiroshi Yanagihara
Jun Osanai
Fujita
Kōichi Itō
Kawanishi
Nobuo Minakata
Yohei Sasaki
Kenichi Tani
Kanji Kawara
Murai
Keiichiro Yamane
First surgical assistant
Yoshio Takee
Fujio Harumoto
Setsuko Hama
Tokie
Koh Sugita
Tatsuo Kanai
Yasushi Nagata
Presiding Judge
Hitomi Amachi
Nurse
Natsuko Okazaki
Kimiko Kameyama
Reiko Shirai
Michiyo Satomi
安瀬充
Gorō Kurokawa as a child
村井徹
Yoshihiko Satomi
福原真理子
Secretary
Michiko Akazawa
Geisha
Michiko Ai
Junko Ichijō
松浦いづみ
Chieko Okawa
