The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
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Top Cast
Raizō Ichikawa
Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei)
Ayako Wakao
Kae
Hideko Takamine
Otsugi
Yūnosuke Itō
Naomichi
Misako Watanabe
Koriku
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Kae's Mother
Chisako Hara
Okatsu
Chieko Naniwa
Kae's Wet Nurse
Taketoshi Naitō
Sajibei
Saburo Date
Ryoan Shimomura
Kenzō Tabu
Herbalist
Gen Kimura
Yonejiro
Shōzō Nanbu
Kae's Grandfather
Yoichi Funaki
Yogen Yuasa
Tokio Oki
Merchant
Kanae Kobayashi
Midwife
Kanji Uehara
Kiyoshi Itô
Shinjiro Akatsuki
Mineko Takagi
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