Life of a Country Doctor

(1960)

★ 8.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1960

Runtime: 116 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Хироси Инагаки

Cast: Такаси Симура, Хисая Моришиге, Сэцуко Хара, 夏木陽介, 江利チエミ, 山村聰, 田島 義文, 谷晃, 小杉義男, Норико Хомма

Plot

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.