Shiroi Kyotō is a a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki

Toyoko Yamasaki

is a Japanese novelist.A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She wrote her first story Noren in 1957. The following year, she won the Naoki Prize for her second novel Hana...

. It has been adapted into a movie in 1966 and then twice as a television mini-series

Japanese television drama

, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

  in 1978 and 2003.

Summary

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

. 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.

Cast (1966 movie)

• Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen
• Eijiro Tono
  Eijirô Tono
  was a Japanese actor who took supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo , as well as Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story and An Autumn Afternoon ....
  
   - Professor Azuma
• Takahiro Tamura
  Takahiro Tamura
  Takahiro Tamura was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and Ryō were known as the three Tamura brothers...
  
   - Satomi
• Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai
• Eiji Funakoshi
  Eiji Funakoshi
  was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain.-Biography:...
  
   - Professor Kikukawa
• Osamu Takizawa
  Osamu Takizawa
  was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater, Takizawa participated in a number of theatrical troupes before forming Gekidan Mingei with Jūkichi Uno. His was praised for his performance in Death of a Salesman and also directed a version of The...
  
   - Professor Funao
• Kenjiro Ishiyama - Zaizen (Goro's grandfather)
• Yoshi Kato
  Yoshi Kato
  Yoshi Kato was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1950 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* The Rice People * Zero Focus * Immortal Love...
  
   - Professor Okouchi
• Teruko Kishi - Masako
• Mayumi Ogawa
  Mayumi Ogawa
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for Vengeance Is Mine and The Three Undelivered Letters.-Filmography:* Shiroi Kyotō * The Demon...
  
   - Keiko
• Shiho Fujimura
  Shiho Fujimura
  Shiho Fujimura is a Japanese actress. She was given a Special Prize for her career at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival.-External links:** -References:...
  
   - Saeko
• Toshio Takahara - Tsukuda

Cast (2003 TV series)

• Toshiaki Karasawa
  Toshiaki Karasawa
  is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He made his theatrical debut in the play Voice Review Stay Gold in 1987. He specialises in theatrical action sequences such as swordplay and fighting...
  
   - Goro Zaizen
• Koji Ishizaka - Professor Azuma
• Yosuke Eguchi
  Yōsuke Eguchi
  is a Japanese poet, actor and singer, who most recently starred in 2009 Japanese film Goemon. Since 1986, he as appeared in a number of television series and movies. He is married to the actress and pop star Chisato Moritaka, with whom he has a son and a daughter....
  
   - Shuji Satomi
• Masato Ibu
  Masato Ibu
  ' is a Japanese actor and voice actor.-Films:*Maison Ikkoku *Empire of the Sun as Sgt. Nagata*Sukeban Deka *Dr. Akagi *Taboo *Godzilla vs...
  
   - Professor Ugai
• Ikki Sawamura
  Ikki Sawamura
  is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On.-Biography:Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he moved to Tokyo and started his career as a fashion model. In 1996, Sawamura debut in a TV drama Matsuda...
  
   - Professor Kikukawa
• Takeo Nakahara - Professor Funao
• Toshiyuki Nishida
  Toshiyuki Nishida
  is a Japanese actor. Outside of Japan, Nishida is best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the TV series Monkey.Toshiyuki Nishida has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Huang in 1988 and Gakko and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993...
  
   - Mataichi Zaizen
• Toru Shinagawa - Professor Okouchi
• Atsuko Takabata - Masako Azuma
• Hitomi Kuroki
  Hitomi Kuroki
  Hitomi Kuroki is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Shoko Ichiji née Egami ....
  
   - Keiko Hanamori
• Akiko Yada
  Akiko Yada
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for Boku no Ikiru Michi.-Filmography:*Aishiteiru to itte kure *Ring: The Final Chapter...
  
   - Saeko Azuma
• Takataro Kataoka - Tomihiro Tsukuda

Awards

21st Mainichi Film Award

• Won: Best Film
  Mainichi Film Award for Best Film
  A list of the winners of the Award for Best Film at the Mainichi Film Award....
  
  

See also

• White Tower (TV series)
  White Tower (TV series)
  White Tower , aka Behind The White Tower, is a South Korean drama aired on MBC in 2007, based on the novel Shiroi Kyotō written by Toyoko Yamazaki, Japanese novelist.-Cast:*Kim Myung Min — Jang Joon Hyuk...
  
  , a 2007 South Korean television drama based on the same novel

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