Shiroi Kyotou (2003)
Drama
白い巨塔(2003)
2003/10/09
Character count174,032
Word count77,404
Unique words6,637
Words (1-occurrence)3,063
Unique kanji1,515
Kanji (1-occurrence)244
Difficulty beta
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
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count8,844
Word count3,934
Unique words1,158
Words (1-occurrence)730
Unique kanji589
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count8,497
Word count3,802
Unique words1,090
Words (1-occurrence)667
Unique kanji565
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count8,654
Word count3,845
Unique words1,156
Words (1-occurrence)710
Unique kanji597
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count8,520
Word count3,773
Unique words1,170
Words (1-occurrence)742
Unique kanji600
Kanji (1-occurrence)248
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count8,592
Word count3,782
Unique words1,106
Words (1-occurrence)696
Unique kanji560
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count8,549
Word count3,838
Unique words1,079
Words (1-occurrence)662
Unique kanji555
Kanji (1-occurrence)245
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count8,476
Word count3,785
Unique words1,059
Words (1-occurrence)665
Unique kanji540
Kanji (1-occurrence)223
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count9,096
Word count3,983
Unique words1,195
Words (1-occurrence)765
Unique kanji589
Kanji (1-occurrence)252
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 9
Character count8,093
Word count3,576
Unique words1,053
Words (1-occurrence)662
Unique kanji553
Kanji (1-occurrence)239
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 10
Character count6,596
Word count2,932
Unique words914
Words (1-occurrence)559
Unique kanji504
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 11
Character count7,944
Word count3,494
Unique words1,055
Words (1-occurrence)644
Unique kanji558
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 12
Character count7,074
Word count3,165
Unique words907
Words (1-occurrence)537
Unique kanji503
Kanji (1-occurrence)197
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 13
Character count8,751
Word count3,967
Unique words1,032
Words (1-occurrence)586
Unique kanji543
Kanji (1-occurrence)213
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 14
Character count8,051
Word count3,574
Unique words999
Words (1-occurrence)593
Unique kanji538
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 15
Character count7,257
Word count3,225
Unique words1,021
Words (1-occurrence)652
Unique kanji575
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 16
Character count8,160
Word count3,678
Unique words1,086
Words (1-occurrence)670
Unique kanji575
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 17
Character count8,067
Word count3,571
Unique words1,072
Words (1-occurrence)693
Unique kanji589
Kanji (1-occurrence)272
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 18
Character count8,868
Word count4,035
Unique words1,066
Words (1-occurrence)627
Unique kanji541
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 19
Character count7,139
Word count3,262
Unique words961
Words (1-occurrence)593
Unique kanji518
Kanji (1-occurrence)207
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 20
Character count5,998
Word count2,647
Unique words875
Words (1-occurrence)527
Unique kanji462
Kanji (1-occurrence)192
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 21
Character count8,363
Word count3,630
Unique words1,068
Words (1-occurrence)650
Unique kanji591
Kanji (1-occurrence)244
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 22
Character count4,443
Word count1,906
Unique words681
Words (1-occurrence)423
Unique kanji408
Kanji (1-occurrence)212
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary