The Great White Tower (1966)
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.
Director:
Satsuo Yamamoto
Writer:
Shinobu Hashimoto
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Jirō Tamiya as Gorō Zaizen |
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Eijirō Tōno as Professor Teizō Azuma |
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Takahiro Tamura as Shūji Satomi |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Professor Ugai |
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Eiji Funakoshi as Professor Noboru Kikukawa |
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Osamu Takizawa as Professor Funao |
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Shiho Fujimura as Saeko Azuma |
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Mayumi Ogawa as Keiko Hanamori |
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Teruko Kishi as Masako Azuma |
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Yoshi Katō as Professor Ōkōchi |
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Masao Shimizu as Attorney Kono |
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Kenjirō Ishiyama as Mataichi Zaizen |
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Bontarō Miake as Iwata |
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Tatsuo Matsushita as Chief Judge of Osaka District Court |
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Takeshi Katō as Professor Nozaka |
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Masami Shimojō as Professor Imazu |
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Mizuho Suzuki as Attorney Sekiguchi |
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Fujio Suga as Professor Hayama |
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Yūzō Hayakawa as Anzai |
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Toshio Takahara as Tsukuda |
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Shō Natsuki as Professor Kawai |
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Mantarō Ushio as Nabeshima |
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Yoshirō Kitahara as Professor Inui |
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Machiko Hasegawa as Kyōko Zaizen |
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Hisako Takihana as Kinu Kurokawa |
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Kiyoko Hirai as Countryside lady |
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Fumiko Murata as Yoshie Sasaki |
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Yosuke Takemura as Yanagihara |
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Jun Osanai as Fujita |
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Kōichi Itō as Kawanishi |
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Nobuo Minamitaka as Yohei Sasaki |
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Kenichi Tani as |
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Kanji Kawara as Murai |
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Keiichiro Yamane as First surgical assistant |
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Yoshio Takee as |
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Fujio Harumoto as |
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Setsuko Hama as Tokie |
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Yasushi Sugita as Kanai |
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Yasushi Nagata as Presiding Judge |
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Hitomi Amachi as Nurse |
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Natsuko Okazaki as Head Nurse |
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Reiko Shirai as Michiyo Satomi |
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安瀬充 as Gorō Kurokawa as a child |
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村井徹 as Yoshihiko Satomi |
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福原真理子 as Secretary |
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Michiko Akazawa as Geisha |
| Directing | Satsuo Yamamoto | Director |
| Writing | Toyoko Yamasaki | Novel |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Tatsuji Nakashizu | Editor |
| Crew | Yukio Okumura | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Shigeo Mano | Art Direction |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Tsunekichi Shibata | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Akira Okazaki | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Nobuo Munekawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Sei Ikeno | Original Music Composer |