Bakumatsu Hippocrates Tachi (Movie)

[Machine Translation] / This is the final film project of director Kazuki Omori ( *The Hippocratics* (1980), the *Godzilla* series), who passed away while developing this project. The cast and crew, all with ties to Kyoto and Director Omori, have come together! / Starring Kuranosuke Sasaki in a passionate performance as a doctor struggling during the Bakumatsu era! / Set in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu era on the eve of modern Japanese medicine, when Western-style and traditional Chinese medicine coexisted this film is both a human drama that takes a broad-minded view of life and an exhilarating medical period piece. --A village on the outskirts of Kyoto during the Bakumatsu era. Taikichi Okura is a bold, spirited, and curious Western-style physician who refuses to charge the poor for consultations. He and Gensai, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who believes Kakkonto cures every illness," are like oil and water, making it a daily ritual to trade barbs. One day, after saving the life of Shinsha, a hot-tempered young man, through surgery, the lives of Taikichi and Shinsha begin to change. As the village eventually faces a crisis, what kind of tomorrow will Taikichi and his companions discover as they struggle to overcome it? Bonus features include a compilation of event footage (premiere stage greetings / release commemorative stage greetings) and a compilation of trailers (teaser / main trailer).

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■本作の企画を進めるなかで他界した、大森一樹監督 (『ヒポクラテスたち』(80)、『ゴジラ』シリーズ)の最後の映画企画。京都と大森監督にゆかりのあるキャスト、スタッフが集結! ■幕末に奮闘する医者を主演・佐々木蔵之介が熱演! ■日本医学の夜明け前、蘭方医と漢方医が混在する幕末の京都を舞台に、おおらかに命を見つめる人間ドラマにして、爽快な医療時代劇が誕生。──幕末、京都のはずれの村。大倉太吉は、貧しい者からは診察代をとらず、大胆で爽快、好奇心旺盛な蘭方医。"どんな病も葛根湯"の漢方医・玄斎とは、ディスり合いが日課の犬猿の仲。そんなある日、気性の荒い青年・新左を手術で救ったことから、太吉と新左の人生が変わっていく。やがて村の危機に直面するなか、奮闘する太吉らが見出す明日とは――。映像特典にはイベント集 (完成披露舞台挨拶/公開記念舞台挨拶)、予告編集 (特報/本予告)を収録。