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The White Tower

1978–1979 · 1 season

A slow, serious hospital drama about ambition and ethics, watching quietly as ideals are traded for status.

Genres
Drama
Overview
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. 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.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Ambition, power, corruption, morality
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Masao Aoki, Shun'ichi Kobayashi, 鈴木尚之, 青木征雄
    Starring
    Jirō Tamiya, Gaku Yamamoto, Nobuo Nakamura, Yoshi Katō, Eitarō Ozawa
    Length
    1 seasons, 31 episodes
    Network
    Fuji TV
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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