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
Director:
Raizō Ichikawa
Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
Ayako Wakao
Kae
Hideko Takamine
Otsugi, Umpei's mother
Yūnosuke Itō
Seishu's father
Saburo Date
Ryôan Shimomura
Misako Watanabe
Kuriko
Chisako Hara
Okatsu
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Chisako Hara
Chieko Naniwa
Taketoshi Naitō
Kenzō Tabu
Gen Kimura
Shōzō Nanbu
Yoichi Funaki
Tokio Oki
Kanji Uehara
Shinjiro Akatsuki
Haruko Sugimura
華岡青洲の妻
