The Glorious Team Batista (2008)

6.8/10 120 min Comedy Drama Mystery

Overview

Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged hearts. Normally this procedure has only a 60% success rate, but "Team Batista" has achieved a run of 26 straight successes....when suddenly 3 patients in a row die on the operating table. Very disturbed, the lead surgeon requests an independent investigation. The hospital turns to Dr. Taguchi who is a specialist in psychosomatic disorders who is shocked to at the assignment because she knows nothing in particular about surgery. Assured, however, that this very lack of insider specialized knowledge is in fact the "objectivity" required, she diligently begins to investigate in her own polite, but persistent manner.

Cast

Yuko Takeuchi

Kimiko Taguchi

Hiroshi Abe

Keisuke Shiratori

Koji Kikkawa

Kyoichi Kiryu

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Ryo Narumi

Tetsuji Tamayama

Toshiki Sakai

Haruka Igawa

Naomi Otomo

Hiromasa Taguchi

Takayuki Haba

Naoki Tanaka

Koichiro Himuro

Shiro Sano

Yuji Kakiya

Yoko Nogiwa

Nurse Fujiwara

Sei Hiraizumi

Seiichiro Kurosaki

Jun Kunimura

Gonta Takashina

Bengal

Karin Ono

Koichi Ueda

Shirô Namiki

Takashi Yamanaka

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Adachi

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