IRYU 医龍 Team Medical Dragon
Title: 医龍
Title (romanji): Iryu ~Team Medical Dragon~
Episodes: 11
Genre: Medical
Air time: Thursday 10:00pm
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2006-Apr-13 - 2006-Jun-29
Theme song: Believe by AI
CAST
Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryuutarou
Inamori Izumi as Katou Akira
Mizukawa Asami as Satohara Miki
Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
Natsuki Mari as Kitou Shoko
Kitamura Kazuki as Kirima Gunji
Abe Sadayo as Arase Monji
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keishi
Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Keno
This drama was the no.1 rated drama of 2nd quarter 2006!
Not when it comes to the viewership rating, but by viewer satisfaction rating.
It received around 80% satisfacation. No.1 among viewers in 10's, 30's, 40's. (#3 for those in 20's)
here is the chart in case you wanna see it (it has the ratings for other dramas as well)
HERE is the SYNOPSIS
Ryutaro Asada is enjoying his peaceful life in the countryside, when he is visited by Akira Kato, assistant professor of the Faculty of Cardiac Surgery at Meishin University Medical Hospital.
Ryutaro is a genius surgeon who used to lead "Team Medical Dragon," a world-class NGO medical team. In harsh environments that lacked medicine and electricity, Ryutaro witnessed many lives pass away. At the same time, he saved many other lives, helping his matchless skill overwhelm other doctors.
As a female doctor, Akira managed to become an assistant professor. She has ambitions to be promoted to professor by succeeding in a surgery using the Batista technique — an extremely difficult type of heart surgery — and also by writing a paper on it. A year ago, Akira witnessed Ryutaro's skills when he was an NGO doctor. That's why she recruits him and asks him to use the Batista technique. Since Ryutaro's arrival, urgent patients who would have been abandoned in the past, are miraculously saved by the "hands of God."
But Ryutaro's actions cause a stir in the closed university hospital, where power struggles happen everyday and the priority of doctors is to protect themselves. This environment doesn't stop Ryutaro from following his beliefs. Ryutaro's existence also bothers Dr. Noguchi, professer of the Faculty of Cardiac Surgery, the power broker of the hospital.
There is a man keeping a very watchful eye on Akira and Ryutaro's Batista team. It's Gunji Kirishima, Akira's boyfriend and assistant professor at a rival hospital. He and Akira have promised each other to carry on Japan's cardiosurgery. Gunji has also confronted Ryutaro in the past.
Other characters include Miki Satohara, an extremely brilliant nurse who looks up to Ryutaro and has more medical knowledge than the average doctor; Noboru Ijuin, an intern that first opposes Ryutaro, but is gradually influenced by him; and Professor Kito, who is looking for the opportunity to recruit Ryutaro away to the Emergency Room (ER). (Fuji TV)
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Has anyone watched this?
The last episode aired this Thursday.
It's a medical drama.. It's AWESOME!
I don't think anyone has subbed this.. in part because of all these crazy cardiological medical terms..
I'm watching.. and having a little trouble understanding because of the terminology.
I looked up many words.. most of them are explained there though.. hehe
MAYBE I'll sub one and see if anyone wanna see more. but that'll take.. a long ass time.
Oh BTW. You shouldn't watch this if you can't stand blood because.. HELL it's like.. blood every episode.. haha . literally. every episode. blood and heart. Yep.
Posted 12 July 2006 - 09:36 AM
I hope this drama is worth watching.... 
Posted 15 May 2007 - 04:14 AM
Posted 15 May 2007 - 09:48 PM
