The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Yasuzō MasumuraDirector
• Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
• Kaneto ShindōScreenplay

Cast

• Raizō IchikawaUmpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
• Ayako WakaoKae
• Hideko TakamineOtsugi, Umpei's mother
• Yūnosuke ItōSeishu's father
• Saburo DateRyôan Shimomura
• Misako WatanabeKuriko
• Chisako HaraOkatsu
• Yatsuko Tan'amiCast
• Chisako HaraCast
• Chieko NaniwaCast
• Taketoshi NaitōCast
• Kenzō TabuCast

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