[Machine Translation] / This is the final film project of director Kazuki Omori ( *The Hippocratics* (1980), the *Godzilla* series), who passed away while this project was in development. 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 period! / 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 a refreshing medical period drama. A village on the outskirts of Kyoto during the Bakumatsu period. 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 their daily routine consists of nothing but verbal jabs at each other. One day, after saving the hot-tempered young man Shinsa through surgery, the lives of Taikichi and Shinsa begin to change. As the village eventually faces a crisis, what kind of tomorrow will Taikichi and his companions discover through their struggles?