The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
Jirō TamiyaGorō Zaizen
Eijirō TōnoProfessor Teizō Azuma
Takahiro TamuraShūji Satomi
Eitarō OzawaProfessor Masayuki Ugai
Eiji FunakoshiProfessor Noboru Kikukawa
Osamu TakizawaProfessor Funao
Shiho FujimuraSaeko Azuma
Mayumi OgawaKeiko Hanamori
Teruko KishiMasako Azuma
Yoshi KatōProfessor Ōkōchi
Masao ShimizuAttorney Kono
Kenjirō IshiyamaMataichi Zaizen
Bontarō MiakeIwataTatsuo MatsushitaChief Judge of Osaka District Court
Takeshi KatōProfessor Nozaka
