Shiroi Kyotou (2003)
Drama
白い巨塔(2003) 2003/10/09
Character count173,964
Word count73,720
Unique words6,108
Unique words used once2,932
Unique kanji1,506
Unique kanji used once242
Difficulty beta Easy
Episodes22

A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power and fame, and his contemporary physician Satomi Shuji, who selflessly continues a quest to save human lives. The Great White Tower is the title of a representative novel by Toyoko Yamazaki that depicts the hidden side of the medical world and the dignity of human life, thus shocking and moving many readers, marking a milestone in medical dramas. A dense human drama develops starting with the first half, which depicts the tragicomic circumstances arising from human ambition in the selection of professors, and proceeding to the second half, which inquires into the dignity of human life through a medical court case involving a malpractice suit.

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Episode 1
Character count8,839
Word count3,792
Unique words1,160
Unique words used once728
Unique kanji589
Unique kanji used once227
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 2
Character count8,494
Word count3,631
Unique words1,066
Unique words used once639
Unique kanji565
Unique kanji used once246
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 3
Character count8,653
Word count3,695
Unique words1,140
Unique words used once689
Unique kanji597
Unique kanji used once251
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 4
Character count8,518
Word count3,599
Unique words1,155
Unique words used once721
Unique kanji600
Unique kanji used once248
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 5
Character count8,586
Word count3,569
Unique words1,087
Unique words used once679
Unique kanji560
Unique kanji used once215
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 6
Character count8,549
Word count3,683
Unique words1,074
Unique words used once660
Unique kanji555
Unique kanji used once245
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 7
Character count8,472
Word count3,563
Unique words1,044
Unique words used once652
Unique kanji540
Unique kanji used once223
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 8
Character count9,093
Word count3,808
Unique words1,180
Unique words used once763
Unique kanji589
Unique kanji used once252
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 9
Character count8,095
Word count3,419
Unique words1,036
Unique words used once640
Unique kanji553
Unique kanji used once239
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 10
Character count6,591
Word count2,771
Unique words885
Unique words used once534
Unique kanji504
Unique kanji used once221
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 11
Character count7,940
Word count3,306
Unique words1,035
Unique words used once630
Unique kanji558
Unique kanji used once229
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 12
Character count7,070
Word count3,016
Unique words896
Unique words used once529
Unique kanji503
Unique kanji used once197
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 13
Character count8,750
Word count3,747
Unique words1,015
Unique words used once580
Unique kanji543
Unique kanji used once213
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 14
Character count8,047
Word count3,429
Unique words984
Unique words used once577
Unique kanji538
Unique kanji used once198
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 15
Character count7,253
Word count3,060
Unique words995
Unique words used once628
Unique kanji575
Unique kanji used once250
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 16
Character count8,155
Word count3,528
Unique words1,062
Unique words used once653
Unique kanji575
Unique kanji used once250
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 17
Character count8,060
Word count3,398
Unique words1,042
Unique words used once658
Unique kanji589
Unique kanji used once272
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 18
Character count8,866
Word count3,777
Unique words1,059
Unique words used once615
Unique kanji541
Unique kanji used once215
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 19
Character count7,134
Word count3,122
Unique words948
Unique words used once582
Unique kanji518
Unique kanji used once207
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 20
Character count5,996
Word count2,535
Unique words865
Unique words used once524
Unique kanji462
Unique kanji used once192
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 21
Character count8,363
Word count3,433
Unique words1,044
Unique words used once627
Unique kanji591
Unique kanji used once244
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 22
Character count4,440
Word count1,839
Unique words665
Unique words used once416
Unique kanji408
Unique kanji used once212
Difficulty beta Easy