I'll save them all from the start. Kazunari Ninomiya stars! Playing his first role as a surgeon, he portrays a dark hero called "the demon of the operating room"! Based on a series with over 1.5 million copies sold, adapted into a drama from Tōzō Kan's original work! 【Point】 ★Kazunari Ninomiya's first starring role in a Sunday drama! His first challenge as a surgeon! It’s his first appearance in a TBS consecutive drama since the October 2008 broadcast of the Friday drama "Ryūsei no Kizuna". He plays Seijirō Watami, a surgeon with genius suturing skills! ★A luxurious cast gathers! Masashi Sera, a first-year resident at Tojo University Medical School Hospital, is played by Ryoma Takeuchi. Nurse Miwa Hanabusa is played by Wakana Aoi. As an original character not depicted in the original work, Harue Watami, Seijirō’s mother, is played by Mitsuko Baisho. Bringing in the latest surgical medical equipment, Snipe, and opposing Watami, is the newly appointed elite instructor Gonta Takashina, played by Kōtarō Koi. Professor Kiyoshi Saeki, who reigns as the top of the Saeki Surgical Department, commonly called "Saeki Surgery," at Tojo University Medical School Hospital, is played by Seiyō Uchino. Furthermore, a super-luxurious cast including Satoshi Hashimoto, Misuzu Jinnō, Sato Suri, Ayako Kato, Koji Kato, Saruzō Ichikawa, and others appears! ★The origin of "Team Batista"! A popular work with over 1.5 million copies adapted into video! The original is Tōzō Kan’s novel "New Edition Black Pea 1988" (Kodansha Bunko). Tōzō Kan, who has continued to raise issues about Japan’s medical problems through entertainment, first announced the novel "Team Batista’s Glory," which is the origin of "Black Pea 1988." ★Theme song is Kazumasa Oda’s "Kono Michi o" (This Road). Oda has been responsible for the theme song of TBS Sunday Theater only twice, the last time being in 2010 for "Veterinarian Dritto" starring Shun Oguri. Now, at age 70, Oda’s work "Kono Michi o" is his 15th drama theme song. 【Video Extras】 Over 100 minutes of luxurious bonus footage included! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ・Making-of ~Kazunari Ninomiya・Close-up Documentary~ (Aired 2018.4.22, 2018.6.24) ・Honest Talk! Roundtable (Kazunari Ninomiya × Ryoma Takeuchi × Wakana Aoi × Kōtarō Koi × Koji Kato, Aired 2018.4.22) ・Wakana Aoi’s Challenge Interview! (Aired 2018.4.7, 2018.4.10) ・Production Announcement ・Special Dialogue 1 (Kazunari Ninomiya × Ryoma Takeuchi × Kōtarō Koi × Seiyō Uchino, Aired 2018.4.8) ・Special Dialogue 2 (Kazunari Ninomiya × Tōzō Kan, Aired 2018.4.15) ・Climax Collection ・Visual Commentary ~Scene Selection~ (Includes some footage of the audio commentary recording) ・SPOT Collection