Disciples of Hippocrates
| Disciples of Hippocrates | |
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| Directed by | Kazuki Ōmori |
| Written by | Kazuki Ōmori |
| Produced by | Shiro Sasaki |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Yasuhiro Hotta |
| Music by | Shūichi Chino |
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| Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Disciples of Hippocrates (Japanese: ヒポクラテスたち, Hepburn: Hipokuratesu-tachi) is a 1980 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kazuki Ōmori.[1] The film stars Masato Furuoya as a medical student struggling with his final year of med school. It also stars Ran Itō, Akira Emoto and Yoshio Harada in supporting roles. Disciples of Hippocrates was co-produced and distributed by Art Theatre Guild, which released it on November 21, 1980, in Japan.
Premise
[edit]Aisaku Ogino (Masato Furuoya), a medical student in his final year of studies, struggles to balance his politics and his romantic life with high-stress clinical training in a hospital. He begins to wonder if he is really suited for the medical profession.
Cast
[edit]- Masato Furuoya as Aisaku Ogino
- Ran Itō as Midori Kimura
- Masahiro Mitsuta as Ichirō Kawamoto
- Tsutomu Kariba as Osamu Oshima
- Akira Emoto as Kenji Katō
- Yoshio Harada as Assistant Professor Tokumatsu
- Kai Atō as Yasukuni Kanzaki
- Fumio Watanabe as Seizaburō Kawamoto
- Moeko Ezawa as Owner of Kamo
- Shogo Kano as Keizo Takagi
- Kōjirō Kusanagi as Professor of Internal Medicine
- Kisako Makishi as Junko Nakahara
- Leo Morimoto as Photographer
- Teizō Muta as Toraichi Nakahara
- Takashi Naitō as Shintaro Minamida
- Masaya Nihei as Reporter
- Ichirō Ogura as Eiji Nishumura
- Ryujirō Oki as Psychosis Patient
- Yōsuke Saitō as Shunpei Honda
- Hajime Nishizuka as Wang Longming
- Kazue Tsunogae as Naoko Yoshikawa
- Shoji Murakami as Katsumi Yoshikawa
- Takuma Ikeuchi as Tsuyoshi Nakahara
- Yugo Miyazaki as Hideo Noguchi
- Yoshinobu Kaneko as Daisuke Watanabe
- Tsutomu Hatai as Dean of Medicine
- Osamu Kitayama as Radiology Lecturer
- Kenjō Haku as Muraka Assistant
- Osamu Tezuka as Professor of Pediatrics (special appearance)
- Seijun Suzuki as Phantom Thief (special appearance)
Production
[edit]Director Ōmori was a former medical student himself, and he put some of his own experiences into the film's story.
Release
[edit]Disciples of Hippocrates was released by Art Theatre Guild on November 21, 1980, in Japan. The film was later released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 13, 2015.
Awards and nominations
[edit]2nd Yokohama Film Festival[2][3]
- Won: Best Actor - Masato Furuoya
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Ran Itō
- Best Ten List: 6th place
- Won: Best Actor - Masato Furuoya
54th Kinema Junpo Best Ten Awards
- Best Ten List: 3rd place
References
[edit]- ↑ ヒポクラテスたちとは (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ↑ "第２回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８０年日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ↑ "１９８０年度 日本映画ベストテン" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ↑ "報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
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