The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
華岡青洲の妻
Drama
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
1967-10-28
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Cast
Director
Yasuzō Masumura
Raizō Ichikawa as Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei)
Ayako Wakao as Kae
Hideko Takamine as Otsugi
Yūnosuke Itō as Naomichi
Misako Watanabe as Koriku
Yatsuko Tan'ami as Kae's Mother
Chisako Hara as Okatsu
Chieko Naniwa as Kae's Wet Nurse
Taketoshi Naitō as Sajibei
Saburo Date as Ryoan Shimomura
Kenzō Tabu as Herbalist
Gen Kimura as Yonejiro
Shōzō Nanbu as Kae's Grandfather
Kanae Kobayashi as Midwife
Haruko Sugimura as Narrator (voice)