1 Season
50 Episode
- Season 1
The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the train is Takahara Miki and her sister Sachi. Miki and Sachi are the daughters of a wealthy landlord living in a village in the Tsugaru area in Aomori prefecture, but they have been living in Tokyo since before the war to attend school. After seeing her village does not have a doctor, Miki is determined to become a rural doctor.
- Year: 1986
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: NHK
- Keyword: medical breakthrough, historical drama, country doctor, woman medical student, taiga
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- Cast: Yoshiko Mita, Mako Ishino, Yoshiko Kuga, Tetsuro Tamba, Tarō Ishida, Shirō Ōsaka