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The Great White Tower

1966 · 150 min

A slow, serious study of ambition and compromise inside a hospital, more interested in moral pressure than in action.

Directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto
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, corruption, power, morality
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

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
    None
    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
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Satsuo Yamamoto
    Written by
    Shinobu Hashimoto
    Starring
    Jirō Tamiya, Eijirō Tōno, Takahiro Tamura, Eitarō Ozawa, Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Shiho Fujimura, Mayumi Ogawa
    Music
    Sei Ikeno
    Cinematography
    Nobuo Munekawa
    Runtime
    150 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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