Iryu: Team Medical Dragon
2006–2014 · TV · 4 seasons · 43 episodes · TV-14
The read
A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.2/10. The series ran 4 seasons across 43 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
Ryutaro Asada was the chief surgeon of Team Medical Dragon, a globally active emergency medical care team that worked in refugee camps. After his return to Japan, this amazingly talented surgeon starts work at a university hospital, where he uncovers one case of corruption after another and takes on a lot of powerful contenders in this heroic drama. The struggles between the hospital and the patients, the infighting among the hospital staff, and the patients who get involved in those struggles are all depicted in a realistic manner in a drama that has an overwhelming feeling of speed. Here’s a human drama depicting a thrilling battle between life and death, a totally new, outstanding form of entertainment.
Ratings
12 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 01 | 11 ep2006 |
| 2 | Season 02 | 11 ep2007 |
| 3 | Season 03 | 10 ep2010 |
| 4 | Season 04 | 11 ep2014 |
Key crew
- Kayo HikawaWriter
- Naruhide MizutaDirector
- Koji HayashiWriter
- Tarô NogizakaWriter
Cast
- Kenji SakaguchiAsada Ryutaro
- Teppei KoikeNoboru ijuin
- Izumi InamoriAki kato
- Kuranosuke SasakiFujiyoshi Keisuke
- Sadao AbeArase Monji
- Mari NatsukiKito Shoko
- Ittoku KishibeNoguchi Keno
- Tetsuhiro IkedaKihara Takehiko
- Yuri NakamuraMiyuki Higuchi
