The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
– The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and ..
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
Release Date:
01 Oct 1970
Language:
Japanese
Director:
Yasuzô Masumura
Writer:
Sawako Ariyoshi (novel), Kaneto Shindô
Main Actors:
Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Hideko Takamine, Yûnosuke Itô
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.
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