Shiroi Kyotō
 First edition | |
| Author | Toyoko Yamasaki |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Publication date | 1965 |
Shiroi Kyotō (白い巨塔, literally "The White Tower") is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then twice as a television mini-series in 1978 and 2003. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize.[1]
Summary
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.
Cast (1966 film)
| Shiroi Kyoto | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Satsuo Yamamoto |
| Written by | Shinobu Hashimoto Toyoko Yamasaki (novel) |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring | Jiro Tamiya Eijirō Tōno Takahiro Tamura |
| Cinematography | Nobuo Munekawa |
| Music by | Sei Ikeno |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
- Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen
- Eijirō Tōno - Professor Azuma
- Takahiro Tamura - Shuji Satomi
- Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai
- Eiji Funakoshi - Professor Kikukawa
- Osamu Takizawa - Professor Funao
- Kenjiro Ishiyama - Mataichi Zaizen
- Yoshi Kato - Professor Okouchi
- Teruko Kishi - Masako
- Mayumi Ogawa - Keiko
- Shiho Fujimura - Saeko
- Toshio Takahara - Tsukuda
- Mizuho Suzuki - Hitoshi Sekiguchi
Cast (1978 TV series)
- Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen
- Gaku Yamamoto - Shuji Satomi
- Nobuo Nakamura - Professor Azuma
- Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai
- Masakane Yonekura - Professor Kikukawa
- Shin Saburi - Professor Funao
- Meicho Soganoya - Mataichi Zaizen
- Yoshi Katō - Professor Okouchi
- Kō Nishimura - Kyosuke Takemura
- Nobuo Kaneko - Jukichi Iwata
- Eiji Okada - Seiichi Satomi
- Mieko Azuma - Masako Azuma
- Kiyoshi Kodama - Hitoshi Sekiguchi
- Kiwako Taichi - Keiko Hanamori
- Tamao Nakamura - Yoshie Sasaki
- Yoko Shimada - Saeko Azuma
- Tanie Kitabayashi - Ume Yamada
- Choichiro Kawarazaki - Tomohiro Tsukuda
- Iemasa Kayumi - Narrator
Cast (2003 TV series)
- Toshiaki Karasawa - Goro Zaizen
- Yōsuke Eguchi - Shuji Satomi
- Koji Ishizaka - Professor Azuma
- Hideaki Itō - Hiroshi Yanagihara
- Masato Ibu - Professor Ugai
- Toshiyuki Nishida - Mataichi Zaizen
- Mayumi Wakamura - Kyoko Zaizen
- Hitomi Kuroki - Keiko Hanamori
- Takaya Kamikawa - Hitoshi Sekiguchi
- Ikki Sawamura - Professor Kikukawa
- Toru Shinagawa - Professor Okouchi
- Rino Katase - Yoshie Sasaki
- Atsuko Takahata - Masako Azuma
- Akiko Yada - Saeko Azuma
- Takeo Nakahara - Professor Funao
- Takataro Kataoka - Tomohiro Tsukuda
Awards
- Won: Best Film
See also
- White Tower (TV series), a 2007 South Korean television drama based on the same novel
References
- ^ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ 21 1966年 (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
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