Iryu: Team Medical Dragon

A tense, morally charged medical drama where every operation and power play feels like a high-stakes battle.

Created by

Naruhide Mizuta, Satoshi Kubota

Genres

Drama

Starring

Kenji Sakaguchi, Teppei Koike, Izumi Inamori

Overview

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.

How it feels

Tense, earnest, dark and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Ambition, power, corruption, justice

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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