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"And here, they live." The Blu-ray & DVD of the movie "Dr. Koto's Clinic" is released on the 20th anniversary of the TV drama's broadcast!
[Content Description]■ The origin of medical human dramas, a new film after 16 years, was a huge hit!The TV drama series "Dr. Koto's Clinic," which is passed down as the origin of medical human dramas, recorded a maximum viewership rating of 22.3% for the drama series broadcast in 2003, and the season broadcast in 2006 exceeded the previous work with a maximum viewership rating of 25.9%.The long-awaited new film, released in 2022 after 16 years since the previous broadcast, was a huge hit! The Blu-ray & DVD of this theatrical film will finally be released in July 2023, exactly 20 years after the TV drama series began broadcasting!
■ In addition to regular cast members like Hidetaka Yoshioka, new cast members also participate!Hidetaka Yoshioka plays Kensuke Goto, also known as "Dr. Koto," a surgeon dispatched from Tokyo to a remote island.Kou Shibasaki plays Ayaka Goto, the nurse who supports the clinic and has become Koto's wife.In addition, regular cast members from the drama series, including Saburo Tokito, Nene Otsuka, Shigeru Izumiya, Toshio Kakehi, and Kaoru Kobayashi, have reunited!Furthermore, Kaito Takahashi joins as a new young doctor at the clinic, and Erika Ikuta appears as a nurse following in Ayaka's footsteps. They bring a fresh perspective to the historic world of "Koto."
■ The staff, including the director, also reunite from the drama team!The director is Isamu Nakae, who also directed the drama series. The script was written by Noriko Yoshida, who has also written all the previous works in the series.The theme song is Miyuki Nakajima's "Gin no Ryuu no背に乗って" (Riding the Silver Dragon), which can be considered the signature song of the series.In addition, the staff, including the cinematographer and art team, have reassembled for this project.The staff who brought the masterpiece drama series to the world depict the "present" of "Dr. Koto's Clinic."
[Story]Shikiina Island, a beautiful island located at the western edge of Japan. 19 years ago, Kensuke Goto, or Koto, came from Tokyo to this remote island, which takes six hours by ferry from the mainland.Since then, as the "only doctor" on the island, he has carried the lives of all the islanders.Over many years, the islanders have come to trust Koto, and Koto has come to trust the islanders. He has become an irreplaceable presence and family to the island.A few years ago, he married Hoshino Ayaka (Kou Shibasaki), the nurse who had supported Koto for many years, and Ayaka is now seven months pregnant. Koto is about to become a father.Koto manages the clinic with Ayaka, Wada, the new young doctor Hanto Oda, and Nami Nishino, a nurse from the island who has been working at the clinic for several years.However, in 2022, like many rural areas in Japan, Shikiina Island is also facing depopulation and an aging population.Discussions arise about integrating medical services with neighboring islands suffering from financial difficulties, and Koto is proposed to leave the island and work at a base hospital.If that happens, Koto would have to leave the island where he has lived for so long. While understanding that it would be for the future of the island, Koto cannot give an answer.At that time, a typhoon approaches the island. Shikiina Island is in the path of many typhoons every year, but the town hall receives reports of damage exceeding expectations.Emergency patients are brought to the clinic one after another. The clinic, forced to cope with limited medical resources, turns into a field hospital.And once again, Koto and the others will face the kindness of the islanders, who are their "family," and the preciousness of human life, and struggle.Sometimes cruel nature, new life conceived over time, things that are lost, and the reality that stands in the way. The island embraces everything, and people live there.
[Cast]Hidetaka Yoshioka, Kou ShibasakiSaburo Tokito, Nene Otsuka, Kaito Takahashi (King & Prince), Erika IkutaYu Aoi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Ayumi Ito, Masato SakaiNao Omori, Mayumi Asakura, Ryo Tomioka, Shigeru Izumiya, Toshio Kakehi, Kaoru Kobayashi
[Staff]Director: Isamu NakaeScript: Noriko YoshidaOriginal Work: Toshiaki Yamada "Dr. Koto's Clinic"Music: Ryo YoshimataTheme Song: Miyuki Nakajima "Gin no Ryuu no背に乗って" (Yamaha Music Communications)
[Video Bonus]- Trailer Collection- TV Commercial Collection
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[Distributor]Fuji Television Network, Inc.
[Sales Agent]PONY CANYON INC.
[Credit](C) Toshiaki Yamada (C) 2022 "Dr. Koto's Clinic" Film Production Committee