Team Batista no Eikō (2008)

Team Batista no Eikō is a Japanese mystery film and television show adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Takeru Kaidō. The story revolves around a hospital with a team of doctors known for their success with a type of heart surgery. After a series of failed operations that result in the patient's death, an internal investigation is initiated, led by a doctor named Taguchi and a brash government official. In the original novel the main character Taguchi, was a male doctor in his forties. However, for the film adaptation TBS suggested replacing the character with a young female resulting in Yuko Takeuchi being cast as in the role. For the TV show, Taguchi is a man, with Atsushi Itō playing the role.

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Cast:

• Hiroshi Abe
• Akio Yokoyama – Shuzo Taguchi
• Atsushi Itō – Kōhei Taguchi
• Chika Uemura – Kyoko Hoshino
• Daisuke Miyagawa – Ryo Narumi
• Hiroki Suzuki – Toshiki Sakai
• Hoka Kinoshita – Tamotsu Kishikawa
• Kaoru Okunuki – Kishikawa Marie
• Kim Ji Sun – Kanako Miyahara
• Masahiro Toda – Takayuki Haba
• Mikeo Ishii – Akane Taguchi
• Risa Saiki – Midori Taguchi
• Ryuzo Hayashi – Kenta Takashina
• Shingo Tsurumi – Yūji Kakitani
• Takaaki Enoki – Ichirō Kurosaki
• Yuko Takeuchi
• Tsuyoshi Ihara – Kyoichi Kiryu
• Yuko Natori – Makoto Fujiwara
• Yumiko Shaku – Naomi Otomo
• Yū Shirota – Kōichirō Himuro