Disciples of Hippocrates
1980 Japanese film
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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.
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| Directed by | Kazuki Ōmori |
| Written by | Kazuki Ōmori |
| Produced by | Shiro Sasaki |
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| 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 |
Premise
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
- 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
Director Ōmori was a former medical student himself, and he put some of his own experiences into the film's story.
Release
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
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
