Shiroi Kyotou (2003)
Drama
白い巨塔(2003)
2003/10/09
Speech duration
10h 38min
Word count74,236
Unique words6,897
Words (1-occurrence)3,245
Unique kanji1,522
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Speech speed
322
Difficulty Hard
Episodes22
External Rating
90 %

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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Genres
Drama
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Episode 1
Speech duration
31min
Word count3,760
Unique words1,166
Words (1-occurrence)737
Unique kanji589
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Speech speed
338
Difficulty Hard
Episode 2
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,631
Unique words1,102
Words (1-occurrence)690
Unique kanji565
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Speech speed
335
Difficulty Hard
Episode 3
Speech duration
30min
Word count3,672
Unique words1,185
Words (1-occurrence)748
Unique kanji597
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Speech speed
329
Difficulty Hard
Episode 4
Speech duration
30min
Word count3,604
Unique words1,180
Words (1-occurrence)754
Unique kanji600
Kanji (1-occurrence)248
Speech speed
329
Difficulty Hard
Episode 5
Speech duration
31min
Word count3,644
Unique words1,111
Words (1-occurrence)708
Unique kanji560
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Speech speed
314
Difficulty Expert
Episode 6
Speech duration
30min
Word count3,644
Unique words1,084
Words (1-occurrence)682
Unique kanji555
Kanji (1-occurrence)245
Speech speed
329
Difficulty Hard
Episode 7
Speech duration
30min
Word count3,613
Unique words1,069
Words (1-occurrence)686
Unique kanji540
Kanji (1-occurrence)223
Speech speed
325
Difficulty Hard
Episode 8
Speech duration
32min
Word count3,849
Unique words1,210
Words (1-occurrence)791
Unique kanji589
Kanji (1-occurrence)252
Speech speed
333
Difficulty Hard
Episode 9
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,483
Unique words1,071
Words (1-occurrence)681
Unique kanji553
Kanji (1-occurrence)239
Speech speed
325
Difficulty Hard
Episode 10
Speech duration
25min
Word count2,822
Unique words905
Words (1-occurrence)556
Unique kanji504
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Hard
Episode 11
Speech duration
27min
Word count3,360
Unique words1,061
Words (1-occurrence)662
Unique kanji558
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Speech speed
338
Difficulty Hard
Episode 12
Speech duration
25min
Word count3,042
Unique words925
Words (1-occurrence)571
Unique kanji503
Kanji (1-occurrence)197
Speech speed
329
Difficulty Hard
Episode 13
Speech duration
32min
Word count3,803
Unique words1,048
Words (1-occurrence)614
Unique kanji543
Kanji (1-occurrence)213
Speech speed
327
Difficulty Hard
Episode 14
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,491
Unique words1,019
Words (1-occurrence)616
Unique kanji538
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Speech speed
323
Difficulty Hard
Episode 15
Speech duration
27min
Word count3,070
Unique words1,044
Words (1-occurrence)684
Unique kanji575
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Speech speed
311
Difficulty Hard
Episode 16
Speech duration
30min
Word count3,518
Unique words1,097
Words (1-occurrence)701
Unique kanji575
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Speech speed
322
Difficulty Hard
Episode 17
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,389
Unique words1,076
Words (1-occurrence)713
Unique kanji589
Kanji (1-occurrence)272
Speech speed
328
Difficulty Hard
Episode 18
Speech duration
31min
Word count3,838
Unique words1,070
Words (1-occurrence)645
Unique kanji541
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Speech speed
337
Difficulty Hard
Episode 19
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,139
Unique words963
Words (1-occurrence)598
Unique kanji518
Kanji (1-occurrence)207
Speech speed
306
Difficulty Hard
Episode 20
Speech duration
25min
Word count2,569
Unique words875
Words (1-occurrence)546
Unique kanji462
Kanji (1-occurrence)192
Speech speed
273
Difficulty Hard
Episode 21
Speech duration
27min
Word count3,472
Unique words1,090
Words (1-occurrence)678
Unique kanji591
Kanji (1-occurrence)244
Speech speed
369
Difficulty Hard
Episode 22
Speech duration
19min
Word count1,823
Unique words679
Words (1-occurrence)437
Unique kanji408
Kanji (1-occurrence)212
Speech speed
264
Difficulty Hard