Life of a Country Doctor

Life of a Country Doctor

116 mins | Drama | Aug. 14, 1960

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.

Life of a Country Doctor

116 mins | Drama | Aug. 14, 1960

Life of a Country Doctor

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.

Producers
Original title	ふんどし医者
Directors	Hiroshi Inagaki
Writers	Minoru Nakano, Ryûzô Kikushima

Cast

Takashi Shimura

as

Hisaya Morishige

as

Setsuko Hara

as

Yōsuke Natsuki

as

Chiemi Eri

as

Sō Yamamura

as

Yoshifumi Tajima

as

Akira Tani

as

Toyohiko Sata

as

Yoshio Kosugi

as

Noriko Honma

as

Gen Shimizu

as

Mutoshi Happa

as

Fuyuki Murakami

as

Ichirô Nakatani

as

Chieko Nakakita

as

Ikio Sawamura

as

Toshio Takahara

as

Hisao Toake

as

Unpei Yokoyama

as

Tsuruko Mano

as