The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Name: The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1970-10-01
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 7.30
Cast: Hideko Takamine, Yûnosuke Itô, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao

– The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and ..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.30 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 39 Minutes

Release Year:

1967

Original Name:

Hanaoka Seishû no tsuma

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967) - Also known as Hanaoka Seishû no tsuma

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments

Story Timeline:

1790s, 18th Century

Producing Country:

Japan

Filming Locations:

Japan

Genre:

History, Drama

Release Date:

01 Oct 1970

Language:

Japanese

Directed by:

Yasuzô Masumura

Story Written By:

Sawako Ariyoshi, Kaneto Shindô

Main Actors:

Hideko Takamine, Yûnosuke Itô, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao

Plot:

The Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal ...

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.3/10

#Human Experimentation

#Jidai Geki

#Feud

#Loss Of Eyesight

#Devotion

#Cancer

#Mother Son Relationship