Plot
After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to take charge of the only clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. It is difficult to get competent doctors to serve on this remote island, and the islanders are now used to traveling for hours via boat for proper medical care. Despite seeming weak and unreliable (he gets very seasick, and does not have a driving license), he wins over the skeptical islanders with his skill and dedication. Some children of the island make a flag for his clinic, but get his name wrong. Thereafter he is known by all as Koto.
Opinion
This wasn’t too terribly exciting. Nor was it your general appeal to otaku. This J-Drama was a down to earth day-to-day show. It showed the struggles of people as they might actually be in life. Thing I liked the most was to see more realistic cultural things. most of the time you see over the top shows since that is what is appealing mostly to fansubbers. This is a good change of pace. What is also interesting is that this is the first J-Drama where all of the actors and actresses aren’t hot, so they have to rely on the actual story. As a warning this isn’t a fast paced action packed funny ecchi show. It is very slow thought out and “real”. If Japan interests you, not just otakuized Japan, I would recommend this otherwise move on.
Images
These are some of the images from Dr Koto Shinryoujo for more visit the flickr set (Dr Koto Shinryoujo flickr set)
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The show is how a normal good Jdrama should be, but for some reason a lot of the more recent Jdramas are going down the toilet. The main actor is well known by older people since he's been acting ever since he was a kid in a very famous series called Kita no kuni kara. One of those feel good my hometown "furusato" shows that hits the heart of a Japanese type shows. Shibasaki Kou is extremely popular and hot, but that's just my opinion. I hope you look up stuff on the drama wikis out there.
I actually read about a lot of dramas on the d-addicts wiki. only been into j-drama for about a year and have a lot to catch up on.
Love this drama! Yoshioka Hidetaka also played in "The Sea is Watching" of Kei Kumai and "Rapsody in August" of Kurosawa.