Iryu
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- Title: 医龍 Team Medical Dragon
- Title (romaji): Iryu Team Medical Dragon
- Also known as: Team Medical Dragon
- Genre: Medical
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Season 1
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 14.75%
- Broadcast period: 2006-Apr-13 to 2006-Jun-29
- Air time: Thursday 22:00
- Theme song: Believe by AI
Synopsis
Ryutaro Asada, a renegade but brilliant surgeon, was being framed for a misdiagnosis and let go by the North Japanese Hospital. He went into exile and lived in a seaside shack when he was visited by Akira Kato, assistant professor of the Faculty of Cardiac Surgery at Meishin University Medical Hospital.
Despite being a female doctor, Akira managed to become an assistant professor. She was ambitious and set her goal to be promoted to full professor by succeeding in a surgery using the Batista technique — an extremely difficult type of heart surgery — and to write a paper on it. A year ago, Akira witnessed Ryutaro's skills when he was an NGO doctor and was impressed enough to seek his assistance in the Batista technique.
This drama exposed the difficulties encountered in the rigid Japanese medical professions in treating patients whereby decisions made were based more on protecting the hospitals than the patients.
Cast
- Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryuutarou
- Inamori Izumi as Katou Akira
- Mizukawa Asami as Satohara Miki
- Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
- Natsuki Mari as Kitou Shoko
- Kitamura Kazuki as Kirima Gunji
- Abe Sadao as Arase Monji
- Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keishi
- Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Keno
- Ikeda Tetsuhiro
- Mukaichi Mion
- Kanai Yuta (ep5-6)
- Shimizu Koji (ep8-11)
- Yabe Kenji (ep5,6,8,11)
Production Credits
- Original writing: Nogizaka Taro Iryu (manga)
- Screenwriter: Hayashi Hiroshi (林宏司)
- Producer: Osabe Sosuke (長部聡介),, Higashi Yasuyuki (東康之)
- Director: Kubota Satoshi (久保田哲史), Mizuta Naruhide
- Music: Kono Shin, Sawano Hiroyuki (澤野弘之)
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 14.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 02 | 14.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | 14.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | 14.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | 14.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | 15.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | 12.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | 16.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | 13.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 10 | 15.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 11 | 17.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| Average | 14.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Recognitions
- 49th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 49th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Musical Arrangement, Kono Shin
- 49th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director, Kubota Satoshi (久保田哲史)
Season 2
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 16.8 (Kanto)
- Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-11 to 2007-Dec-20
- Air time: Thursday 22:00
- Theme song: ONE by AI
Synopsis
In Iryu 2, Asada Ryutaro wages a new battle against the realities of Japan's medical care system. The government has drafted legislation to tackle the recent inflation of medical fees; hospitals have entered an era in which they will go bankrupt if they aren't independently run. At the same time, hospital mergers and takeovers are also taking place. Additionally, the obstetrics and pediatrics departments are being closed in succession, and there are inadequate doctors in the region - issues that are closely related to these hospital management problems. Now, hospitals, like the average corporation, face collapse if they are not profitable. -- jade_frost
Cast
- Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryutaro
- Uchida Yuki as Kataoka Kazumi
- Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
- Otsuka Nene as Kodaka Nanami
- Kitamura Kazuki as Kirishima Gunji
- Abe Sadao as Arase Monji
- Mizukawa Asami as Satohara Miki
- Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keisuke
- Natsuki Mari as Kito Shoko
- Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Takeo
- Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Kihara Takehiko
- Sato Jiro as Matsudaira Kotaro
- Shiga Kotaro as Zenda Hideki
- Takahashi Issei as Toyama Seiji
- Nakamura Yasuhi as Nomura Hirohito
Production Credits
- Original writing: Nogizaka Taro Iryu (manga)
- Screenwriter: Hayashi Koji (林宏司)
- Line producer: Saito Aya (斉藤あや)
- Producer: Osabe Sosuke (長部聡介), Misao Reiko (三竿玲子)
- Director: Mizuta Naruhide (ep1-3,6,8,11), Hayama Hiroki (葉山浩樹) (ep4-5,7,10), Hoshino Kazunari (星野和成) (ep9)
- Music: Sawano Hiroyuki (澤野弘之), Kono Shin
Episode Information
| Episode | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) |
Ratings (Kansai) | Ratings (Nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Resurrection! Team Dragon! ~ Life of the mother or life of the fetus... |
21.0 | 20.5 | ??.? |
| 02 | The abandoned patient | 16.8 | 17.7 | ??.? |
| 03 | That surgery will fail | 15.5 | 16.6 | ??.? |
| 04 | The patient that must not die | 15.8 | 18.8 | ??.? |
| 05 | It's all-go!! A fateful surgery without blood transfusion! | 15.0 | 18.6 | ??.? |
| 06 | Another prodigal surgeon | 17.6 | 19.6 | ??.? |
| 07 | Super Doctor returns!! | 14.1 | 17.8 | ??.? |
| 08 | The anesthesiologist I will never forgive!! | 16.6 | 18.0 | ??.? |
| 09 | Two months left to live!! A miraculous surgery | 17.6 | 19.9 | ??.? |
| 10 | All hands at the ready!! A fateful heart transplant | 15.4 | 18.7 | ??.? |
| 11 | A fateful four hours!! The final surgery | 17.7 | 20.3 | ??.? |
| Average | 16.8 | 18.7 | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Notes
- The first episode aired as a two-and-a-half hour special.
Season 3
Some information on this page may be incomplete, missing or even wrong.
- Episodes:
- Viewership ratings:
- Broadcast period: 2010-10-14 to 2010-12
- Air time:
- Theme song:
Synopsis
Casts
- Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryutaro
- Endo Kenichi
- Inamori Izumi as Katou Akira
- Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
- Abe Sadao as Arase Monji
- Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keisuke
- Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Kihara Takehiko
- Natsuki Mari as Kitou Shoko
- Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Keno
- Tanimura Mitsuki
External Links
- Season 1 official site
- Season 2 official site
- Season 3 official site
- Japanese Wikipedia
- Tokyograph Season 3