- Drama: Becoming a Doctor at Age 37 (English title)
- Romaji: 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku ~Kenshui Junjo Monogatari~
- Japanese: 37歳で医者になった僕〜研修医純情物語〜
- Director: Yoshishige Miyake, Keiichiro Shiraki
- Writer: Kazunao Furuya, Keiichi Kawafuchi (novel)
- Producer: Jun Kimura
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: April 10, 2012 – June 19, 2012
- Runtime: Tuesdays 22:00-22:54
- TV Ratings: 13.0% (weekly average)
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Yuta Konno (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) works at a food making company, but after an incident, quits his job as a salaryman and decides to enter medical school. By the age of 37, Yutta Konno becomes a doctor. As an intern, he begins to work at a university hospital. Some things seem strange to him, but common in hospitals like poor working conditions & doctors who treat patients as research objects. The reality of his situation begins to set in and Yuta Konno’s beliefs are challenged.
Cast
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Tsuyoshi Kusanagi | Asami Mizukawa | Mimura | Hikaru Yaotome | Ren Kiriyama |
Yuta Konno | Mizuki Sawamura | Suzu Katsuragi | Kentaro Shimoda | Atsushi Taniguchi |
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Kosuke Suzuki | Takumi Saito | Seiichi Tanabe | Ken Matsudaira | Sei Matobu |
Tamotsu Nakajima | Satoru Niimi | Kazuaki Morishita | Takehiko Saeki | Naomi Aizawa |
Additional Cast Members:
- Kotaro Shiga – Hiroaki Katsuragi
- Kumiko Fujiyoshi – Sawako Katsuragi
- Risa Naito – Yuka Okubo
- Daichi Yamaguchi – Keisuke Takagi
- Masuyo Iwamoto – Takao Kurata (ep.1)
- Soichiro Kitamura – Mamoru Oota (ep.1)
- Michiko Iwahashi – Mika (ep.3)
- Kyoko Enami – Sanae Hayama (ep.4)
- Maya Okano – Kaori Yoshino (ep.4)
- Yosuke Asari – Makoto Kurata (ep.6)
- Tsuyoshi Abe – Satoshi Hayashida (ep.4-5,7)
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
---|---|---|
01 | 04/10/2012 | 13.2% |
02 | 04/17/2012 | 13.1% |
03 | 04/24/2012 | 14.5% |
04 | 05/01/2012 | 13.6% |
05 | 05/08/2012 | 13.6% |
06 | 05/15/2012 | 13.6% |
07 | 05/22/2012 | 12.5% |
08 | 05/29/2012 | 14.0% |
09 | 06/05/2012 | 10.2% |
10 | 06/12/2012 | 11.2% |
11 | 06/19/2012 | 13.0% |
Average | 13.0% |