In the late 1980s when organ transplantation was viewed as a taboo, a surgeon, Tetsuhiko Toma, who graduated in the field of medical advanced country America, has been assigned to a local private hospital. Under the belief that "the same level of treatment as university hospital in rural areas" should be received, he challenges every difficult operation and saves the lives of the patients in front of him. However, prior to Japan's first organ transplant surgery, the medical system which was solidified with power absolutism and old custom was trying to block its way -
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- Arrogant Scalpel
- A Lone Scalpel
シリーズ累計160万部を突破した大鐘稔彦のベストセラー医療小説を、滝沢秀明の主演でドラマ化。滝沢は自身初の外科医役で、WOWOWの「連続ドラマW」枠初主演となる。1980年代後半を舞台に、アメリカ帰りの外科医・当麻(滝沢)が難手術を次々と成功させ、日本初の臓器移植手術に挑む姿を描く。脚本は前川洋一。
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1989年,在日本還沒有將器官移植法制化,所以要做移植手術還是一件難以想像的事。主人公外科醫生當麻鐵彥(瀧澤秀明)前往了偏遠城市湖水町的更生紀念醫院任職。當麻曾經在醫療發達的美國進修,他抱著“地區醫院也應該擁有和大學醫院同樣水平的醫療”這一信念,接二連三挑戰困難手術,用他精湛的醫療技術拯救眼前的患者。為了拯救更多的生命,當麻認為需要運用到自己在美國學到的肝臟移植手術,他遇見了同樣想要實現肝臟移植的醫生實川剛(仲村亨)。這是為了日本肝臟移植做出巨大貢獻的兩位醫生的相遇。然而,醫院為了保護自己的聲譽,不願意做有風險的肝臟移植,並且,醫院內部的充斥著絕對權力主義和老舊習慣的醫療體制正阻礙著當麻他們前進的步伐。