The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)

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

Cast (22)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Raizō Ichikawa

Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei)

Ayako Wakao

Kae

Hideko Takamine

Otsugi

Yūnosuke Itō

Naomichi

Misako Watanabe

Koriku

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Kae's Mother

Chisako Hara

Okatsu

Chieko Naniwa

Kae's Wet Nurse

Taketoshi Naitō

Sajibei

Saburo Date

Ryoan Shimomura

Kenzō Tabu

Herbalist

Gen Kimura

Yonejiro

Shōzō Nanbu

Kae's Grandfather

Y

Yoichi Funaki

Yogen Yuasa

T

Tokio Oki

Merchant

Kanae Kobayashi

Midwife

K

Kanji Uehara

K

Kiyoshi Itô

S

Shinjiro Akatsuki

M

Mineko Takagi

N

Noboru Taki

Haruko Sugimura

Narrator (voice)

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