The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)

★ 6.7/10 99 min Drama Japan Japanese

Director: Yasuzō Masumura

Screenplay by: Kaneto Shindō
Novel: Sawako Ariyoshi

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Description

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments

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Raizō Ichikawa Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka

Ayako Wakao Kae

Hideko Takamine Otsugi, Umpei's mother

Yūnosuke Itō Seishu's father

Saburo Date Ryôan Shimomura

Misako Watanabe Kuriko

Chisako Hara Okatsu

Yatsuko Tan'ami