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Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022 · 134 min

A gentle, sincere rural medical drama that moves at a calm pace and quietly earns its emotional warmth through small human moments.

Directed by
Isamu Nakae
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ko Shibasaki, Saburo Tokito
Overview
In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager to accept him, at a clinic lacking sufficient medical equipment. Here's a human drama showing how Dr. Coto values the dignity of human life while unflinchingly facing disease with a serious attitude.

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Directed by
Isamu Nakae
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ko Shibasaki, Saburo Tokito
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • isolation
  • healing
  • aging
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Isamu Nakae
Written by
Noriko Yoshida
Starring
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Music
Ryo Yoshimata
Cinematography
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Runtime
134 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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