The Great White Tower (1966)
白い巨塔
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.
- Date of release
- 1966-10-15
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Satsuo Yamamoto
Casting
- Jirō 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
Interesting facts
- Based on: Shiroi Kyotō
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