Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (TV series)
| Television series | |
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| German title | Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo |
| Original title | Dr. コ ト ー 診療 所 |
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| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2003-2006 |
| Production company |
Fuji Tv |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 22+ 2 special episodes in 2 seasons |
| genre | Doctor / hospital television series |
| Theme music | Miyuki Nakajima : Gin no Ryū no Se ni Notte ( 銀 の 龍 の 背 に 乗 っ て ) / Kō Shibasaki : Omoide dake wa Tsurasugiru ( 思 い 出 だ け で は つ ら す ぎ る ) |
| idea | Takatoshi Yamada |
| production | Tsuchiya Ken |
| music | Ryo Yoshimata |
| First broadcast | July 3, 2003 on Fuji TV |
| occupation | |
Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo ( Japanese Dr. コ ト ー 診療 所 Dokutā Kotō shinryōjo ) is a Japanese television series ( Dorama ) by and on Fuji TV , which includes 22 episodes and two special episodes in two seasons. The show is a film adaptation of the manga of the same name and deals with the life of the talented surgeon Dr. Kensuke Gotō, who was involved in a scandal and therefore moves to the fictional island of Kōjikishima ( 古 志 木 島 ), which is said to be near Okinawa .
The reasons for the creation of the series
Due to the success that the manga had, Fuji TV decided to bring out a dorama . As the location served the island of Yonaguni , the around 110 km off Taiwan is located. Filming for the first season began in the summer of 2002 and lasted a month. The series start was on July 3, 2003 at 10pm on Fuji TV and the first season was 19% and the second season was 22%. However, the dorama only loosely sticks to the original; Almost all characters appear from there, but the characters of the people are partly different, or new characters appear.
action
First season
The drama starts with Dr. Gotō, a doctor from Tokyo, sees the ship to Kōjikishima. He suffers from motion sickness and keeps throwing up. He is accompanied by Shōichi Hoshino, who is in the village administration of Kōjikishima and knows about the scandal. Dr. Gotō is not welcomed very warmly on the island; one sees in him only one of the many doctors who only stay for a few months and leave again and so he has to deal with a lot of hostility from the islanders at the beginning. Above all, the clinic nurse Ayaka Hoshino, the daughter of Shōichi Hoshino, sees him as a failure, and no one wants to put himself under his medical care. This is partly triggered by the fact that he doesn't look exemplary from the start (he gets seasick , he doesn't have a driver's license and rides his bike, he's a typical antihero ) and the fact that he's new. The population trusts the naturopathic medicine of the villager Tsuruko Uchi, who has been working as a midwife for more than 50 years . Only a handful of people receive him warmly on the island: Shōichi Hoshino, who brought him to the island, Kasunori Wada, a village teacher from the elementary school, Takehiro Hara, a primary school student, the other children of the village and Mariko Nishiyama, who is on the island runs a small restaurant where many scenes of the dorama take place. The public rejection of his person weighs on Gotō, but he stays on the island and does not leave again.
 
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The turning point in the behavior of the residents towards him is an emergency operation on the boy Takehiro Hara, who suffers from acute appendicitis . The operation takes place on the fishing boat of Taketoshi Hara's father, as he is strictly reluctant to have an operation by Gotō because his wife died during a routine operation due to a mistake by the island doctor at the time. That's why he wants to take his fishing boat to the mainland , three hours away , to have Takehiro operated there. Only through a trick does Gotō manage to convince his father to be allowed to operate Takehiro on the boat with the help of Ayaka and Wada, who has made it his goal to be present in all operations and is often responsible for the anesthesia . Gotō, who actually suffers from motion sickness, has to vomit the whole time. Only when you are on the mainland and Takehiro is in an ambulance do the typical features that distinguish Gotō break out again. This event made the people of the island realize that he is a doctor who is not out for fame and honor, but wants to help the people.
Takehiro and his school friends, who want to thank him for the rescue of Takehiro Gotō, tinker a flag for him and hang it on the mast of his clinic, only they make a mistake in the name, and so instead of Dr. Gotō, Dr. Kotō ( Dr. コ ト ー ). From then on he was called by this name all over the island. The other episodes up to episode eight deal with further operations of the islanders and the everyday life of Dr. Gotō.
In the 9th and 10th episodes of season 1, the series reaches its dramatic climax in the fact that Goto and the rest of the island are confronted with a journalist who reveals the secret of Goto and the reason why he is moving from Tokyo Kōjikishima came. A patient, the sister of the journalist is in the hospital where Gotō worked, the University Hospital of Tenshindō University in Tokyo ( 天津堂大学 deceased). He was blamed for the woman's death, although the death was not directly caused by him, but by the assistant doctor assigned to him, who escaped responsibility from stress and fear of failure and left the patient to die. The fact that the patient might still be alive if she had got medical help immediately is a problem for Gotō, so he decided to take up the offer from far-away Okinawa to get away from Tokyo, where his reputation has been destroyed, far away. The brother who found Goto on the island is out for revenge. But after a successful neurosurgery on the brain, which was necessary because he had an accident on the island, and a discussion with Goto, he forgives him and realizes that it was not Goto's fault that his sister died.
Due to the turmoil that the journalist sparked with the disclosure of the scandal, almost everyone on the island loses trust in Gotō and they again face public rejection. So he decides to go back to Tokyo, because there was a call from the university clinic that wants to reinstate him. There he meets the assistant doctor Dr. Shin'ichi Mikami, who was responsible for the scandal at the time, still Gotō has no grudge against him. Dr. Mikami, who is supposed to support him in an operation on an important politician, is not very enthusiastic about the fact that Goto is back in Tokyo and tries to attach mistakes to him during the operation. The operation takes place without complications and Dr. Mikami sees his misconduct, but Gotō then returns to Kōjikishima, because the people there urgently need Gotō and want him back.
Special episodes 2004
A new elementary school teacher named Shinji Ozawa arrives with his wife and their daughter on the island and are warmly welcomed by the community. The daughter suffers from some form of asthma and the stay on the island is supposed to be a kind of cure for her. She quickly befriends Takehiro, who falls in love with her.
Two months later, in August, the annual fishing festival takes place and the village is in a lively atmosphere. However, the festival has a bad surprise in store for the Hoshino family, as the mother Masayo Hoshino suffers a stroke , which goes undetected for at least two hours and she remains without medical help for so long. She is operated on immediately by Gotō, but she suffers right-sided full body paralysis and forgets how to speak, write and walk. Ayaka, who blames herself for overlooking warning signals her mother uttered (headache, brief paralysis of the muscles), starts looking for a rehabilitation clinic on the mainland.
Meanwhile, her father takes care of his wife and, among other things, has to deal with her death wish. Gotō cannot help her recovery from a medical point of view, but through her husband's love, she turns away from the desire to die and regains joy in life.
At the same time, Takehiro made the final decision to move to the mainland to Tokyo to attend a private school with the later goal of studying medicine and becoming Goto’s successor. His father leaves the island with him and sells his boat.
Second season
The action of the 2nd season starts three years after the end of the 1st season. Gotō is once again enjoying the full confidence of the residents of Kōjikishima and is visiting his elderly patients at home when he receives news that Takehiro Hara has made it to a private middle school in Tokyo. Gotō is pleased with this news, as he always encouraged Takehiro that he would make it.
At the same time, Ayaka Hoshino is in a hospital in Tokyo. She is diagnosed with breast cancer and places herself in the care of Dr. Satoru Nariumi. At the same time she attends a rehab seminar with the intention of helping her mother and other patients who need help on the island. She hides the fact that she has cancer from everything on the island so that nobody is worried about her. Gotō only found out by accident as Dr. Nariumi is a fellow student of his at the time and calls him. Ayaka, who is called by Gotō, asks him not to tell anyone on the island and for understanding that she is in the care of Dr. Nariumi and not that of Goto. This request and decision burdens him a lot, but he keeps his promise. Ayaka is represented in her absence - it lasts for almost the entire second season - by Mina Nakai, a nurse from Tokyo.
Taketoshi Hara, Takehiro's father, is now working for a construction company in Okinawa to pay the high school fees for his son. However, this proves to be an act of impossibility and he returns to the island after, overtired by voluntary overtime, injuring a work colleague who is suing him for compensation. There he goes back to his old job of fisherman and gradually pays off the demands of his former work colleague. The island administration pays for the costs of the school education, which shortly before that founded an aid fund for young people like Takehiro who want to get further education on the mainland.
In the end, Ayaka manages to inform her parents about her illness and the upcoming operation and is successfully operated on by Goto in the Tokyo hospital at the request of her parents and their consent.
people
main characters
Dr. Kensuke Gotō ( 五 島 健 助 )
- Hidetaka Yoshioka ( 吉岡 秀 隆 )
The main character of the dorama. He gets seasick immediately when he gets on a boat and he looks very insecure as he often falls out of the way and, despite being a doctor, he loves junk food. At first glance, he looks very much like a typical antihero. But he quickly destroys this image when a medical emergency occurs or when it comes to medicine in general. There he shines with excellent knowledge in theory as well as in practice. He became a doctor because he loved reading books about medicine as a child and he saw a role model in the doctor who saved his life as a teenager through an emergency operation.
Ayaka Hoshino ( 星野 彩 佳 )
- Kō Shibasaki ( 柴 咲 コ ウ )
The nurse on Kōjikishima. She finds Gotō very unsympathetic at the beginning and thinks he is a good-for-nothing. She was born on the island and is the daughter of Shoichi Hoshino, who brought Goto to the island and is represented in the village administration.
She has very few appearances in season two as she is in Tokyo for breast cancer treatment.
Mina Nakai ( 仲 依 ミ ナ ) (only from the second season)
- Yū Aoi ( 蒼 井 優 )
The second nurse on Kōjikishima and the only one in the largest course of the second season. She is married and fled to the island of Tokyo from her abusive husband. She hides this fact until her husband visits her on the island with the intention of taking her back to Tokyo. Similar to Gotō, she has to deal with the rejection from the islanders at the beginning. In the beginning, she also had no experience of working as a surgical nurse.
Tsuruko Uchi ( 内 つ る 子 )
- Noriko Sengoku ( 森 礼 子 )
An old midwife from the village who, like almost everyone else on the island, initially had a very negative attitude towards Gotō. But over time she becomes friends with him and supports him as actively as possible. For her age - she is 88 years old - she is very robust and very jolly. Her son lives with his family on the mainland and tries again and again to convince them to move in with him.
In the second season, she does not have any more appearances.
Takehiro Hara ( 原 健 裕 )
- Ryo Tomioka ( 富 岡 涼 )
Gotō's first patient on Kōjikishima and one of the namesake of Dr. Koto. After he saw what a passion Goto worked as a doctor, he decided to become a doctor too, even if that meant for him that he had to go to the mainland to attend secondary schools there.
Starting in the second season, he attends a secondary school in Tokyo and lives with his maternal aunt.
Kasunori Wada ( 和田 一 範 )
- Toshio Kakei ( 筧 利夫 )
The island's primary school teacher and very inquisitive, he is always there with Dr. Gotō there and very often takes on the anesthesia and takes notes of every step during the operations. He loves taking photos and finds Dr. Gotō sympathetic from the start.
Minor characters
Shōichi Hoshino ( 星野 正 一 )
- Kaoru Kobayashi ( 小林 薫 )
The only one who knew about the scandal from the beginning and who believes in Gotō, and who actively supports him from the start. In the course of the series, he has to deal with two family blows of fate.
- In the special, his wife suffers a stroke with the consequences that her entire right half of the body is paralyzed and she has to learn to speak and write again.
- In the second season, his daughter Ayaka falls ill with breast cancer.
Taketoshi Hara ( 原 剛 裕 )
- Saburo Tokito ( 時 任 三郎 )
A simple fisherman on the island who takes pride in his fishing boat. He cannot trust Gotō for a very long time because the island doctor at the time let his wife die during a routine operation. However, he befriends him and often defends him from hostility from Shigeo.
In the second season he sells his boat and leaves the island to find work on Okinawa to cover his son's school expenses. He returns, but in the further course of the season back to the island after he is facing a financial and social crash.
Shigeo Andō ( 安藤 重 男 ) mostly just called Shige-san
- Shigeru Izumiya ( 泉 谷 し げ る )
A fisherman who never fully accepts the Gotō and doubts his abilities in every tricky situation in the Gotō. It is also he who is responsible for the banishment from the island of Gotō after the revelation of the scandal. His dislike comes from being afraid of injections and having very bad experiences with doctors as a child.
From the second season onwards, his behavior towards Goto is friendlier and more courteous.
Mariko Nishiyama ( 西山 茉莉 子 )
- Nene Otsuka ( 大 塚 寧 々 )
She runs the only restaurant on the island and has a son who lives with her divorced husband. He comes to visit her in an episode of the first season and is led by Dr. Gotō is operating because he had an accident on the island. Gotō has been very friendly and open minded from the start.
Masaya Hoshino ( 星野 昌 代 )
- Mayumi Asaka ( 朝 加 真 由 美 )
Ayaka Hoshino's mother, she suffers a stroke in the second special episode and has forgotten how to speak, walk and write and is paralyzed on the right side of her body. From the second season she can talk and walk again, even if the paralysis of the right side of the body is still there.
Episodes
First season
| episode | Date of broadcast | Original name | German name (translation) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 3, 2003 |
Utsukushii Minami no Shima kara, Kokoro Atatamaru Kandō no Monogatari ( 美 し い 南 の 島 か ら 、 心 温 ま る 感動 の 物語 ) |
Stories of heartwarming impressions from the beautiful southern island |
| 2 | July 10, 2003 | Kokyō de Kurasu Haha e ( 故 郷 で 暮 ら す 母 へ ) | To my mother who lives in my old homeland |
| 3 | July 17, 2003 | Akachan o Tasukete ( 赤 ち ゃ ん を 助 け て ) | Save the baby |
| 4th | July 24, 2003 | Byōki o Miruna, Hito o Miro ( 病 気 を 診 る な 、 人 を 診 ろ ) | Don't examine the disease, examine the people |
| 5 | July 31, 2003 | Shujutsu de Naosenai Yamai ( 手術 で 治 せ な い 病 ) | A disease that cannot be cured by surgery |
| 6th | August 7, 2003 | Aisuru Waga Ko e ( 愛 す る わ が 子 へ ) | To my dearly beloved child |
| 7th | August 14, 2003 | Sudachi ( 巣 立 ち ) | independence |
| 8th | August 21, 2003 | Sukuenai Inochi ( 救 え な い 命 ) | Life without a cure |
| 9 | August 28, 2003 | Abakareta Kako ( 暴 か れ た 過去 ) | The past revealed |
| 10 | September 4, 2003 | Kono Shima o Dete Ike ( こ の 島 を 出 て 行 け ) | Get off this island |
| 11 | September 11, 2003 | Arata no Tabidachi ( 新 た な 旅 立 ち ) | The new departure |
Special episodes 2004
| episode | Date of broadcast | Original name | German name (translation) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 9, 2004 |
Kotō Shinryōjo 2004 A Side (Dr. コ ト ー 診療 所 2004 A Side) |
Dr. Kotō's medical practice 2004 page A |
| 2 | December 12, 2004 |
Kotō Shinryōjo 2004 B Side (Dr. コ ト ー 診療 所 2004 B Side) |
Dr. Kotō's medical practice 2004 page B |
Second season
| episode | Date of broadcast | Original name | German name (translation) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 12, 2006 | Futari no Yakusoku ( 二人 の 約束 ) | The promise of two |
| 2 | October 19, 2006 | Saigo no Kotoba ( 最後 の 言葉 ) | The last words |
| 3 | October 26, 2006 | Himitsu no Okurimono ( 秘密 の 贈 り 物 ) | A secret package |
| 4th | November 2, 2006 | Chichi no Ayamachi ( 父 の あ や ま ち ) | A father's mistake |
| 5 | November 9, 2006 | Araumi ni Tadayou Inochi ( 荒 海 に 漂 う 命 ) | Life drifting in the rough seas |
| 6th | November 16, 2006 | Musuko e no Chikai ( 息 子 へ の 誓 い ) | The son's oath to |
| 7th | November 23, 2006 | Inochi no Kigen ( 命 の 期限 ) | Life date |
| 8th | November 30, 2006 | Kōfuku e no Ketsudan ( 幸福 へ の 決断 ) | The decision to be happy |
| 9 | December 7, 2006 | Ai o Kou Mono ( 愛 を 乞 う 者 ) | The person pleading for love |
| 10 | December 14, 2006 | Ushinawareta Shinrai ( 失 わ れ た 信 頼 ) | Hope taken away |
| 11 | December 21, 2006 | Nogarerarenu, Ishi no Shukumei ( 逃 れ ら れ ぬ 、 医師 の 宿命 ) | The inevitable fate of a doctor |
Awards
First season
- Winner of the 38th “Television Drama Academy Awards” in the “Best Series” category
- Winner of the 38th Television Drama Academy Awards in the Best Male Actor category given to Hidetaka Yoshioka
- Winner of the 38th “Television Drama Academy Awards” in the “Best Screenplay” category awarded to Noriko Yoshida
- Winner of the 38th Television Drama Academy Awards in the Best Director category given to Isamu Nakae
- Winner of the 38th "Television Drama Academy Awards" in the category "theme song" awarded to Miyuki Nakajima , Gin no Ryu no se ni Notte ( 銀の龍の背に乗って)
Second season
- Winner of the 44th “Galaxy Awards” in the “Special Prize” category presented to the production team
Web links
- Season 1 homepage accessed on December 1, 2010
- Season 2 homepage accessed on December 1, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page of the station on the series , accessed on December 1, 2010.
- ↑ Official homepage of the series by Fuji TV ( Memento of the original from August 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 1, 2010
- ↑ Subpage of the official homepage of the series by Fuji TV ( Memento of the original from August 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 1, 2010
- ^ Page of the Japanese market research institute , accessed on December 1, 2010.
- ↑ Character table from the Dorama ( Memento of the original from 23 August 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 1, 2010
- ↑ a b c d e 38th Television Drama Academy Award winners. Accessed December 1, 2010
- ↑ Press release in English , accessed on December 1, 2010.
- ↑ press release. ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Japanese) Retrieved December 1, 2010
