Life of a Country Doctor
Brief Synopsis
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Keisai Koyama, an elderly doctor in 19th-century rural Japan, takes on a young assistant, Hangoro, who has been trained in the city in the latest techniques of medicine. Despite Hangoro's urging, Keisai continues to employ his traditional practices. When a typhus epidemic strikes the district, Keisa...
Cast & Crew
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Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Hisaya Morishige
Keisai Koyama
Setsuko Hara
Iku, his wife
Yosuke Natsuki
Hangoro
Chiemi Eri
Osaki
So Yamamura
Dr. Meikai Ikeda
Film Details
Also Known As
Fundoshi Isha, Life of the Country Doctor, The Country Doctor
Release Date
Jan
1961
Premiere Information
Los Angeles showing: May 1961
Production Company
Toho Co.
Distribution Company
Toho International, Inc.
Country
Japan
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 56m
Synopsis
Keisai Koyama, an elderly doctor in 19th-century rural Japan, takes on a young assistant, Hangoro, who has been trained in the city in the latest techniques of medicine. Despite Hangoro's urging, Keisai continues to employ his traditional practices. When a typhus epidemic strikes the district, Keisai's resistance to change is tragically dramatized.
Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Cast
Hisaya Morishige
Keisai Koyama
Setsuko Hara
Iku, his wife
Yosuke Natsuki
Hangoro
Chiemi Eri
Osaki
So Yamamura
Dr. Meikai Ikeda
Crew
Film Details
Also Known As
Fundoshi Isha, Life of the Country Doctor, The Country Doctor
Release Date
Jan
1961
Premiere Information
Los Angeles showing: May 1961
Production Company
Toho Co.
Distribution Company
Toho International, Inc.
Country
Japan
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 56m
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Released in Japan in 1960 as Fundoshi isha. Alternative U. S. titles: Life of the Country Doctor and The Country Doctor.
