45 minSeason 1 • Episode 11
LatestTakeshiro Shikota is a 27-year-old pediatrician in Hokkaido, Japan. He was born and raised in Hokkaido. One day, Takeshiro is transferred to the newly established PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit). The unit is for children under the age of 15 who require advance and intensive treatment. There, he meets Dr. Hajime Ueno. Hajime is a pioneer in his field and hopes to establish PICU all over Japan. His goal is to bring sick children to PICU as quickly as possible and accept them under any circumstances. Meeting with Hajim, changes Takeshiro life as a pediatrician.
Acting
Ryo Yoshizawa's slow-burn transformation from naive to shattered
Production
Hokkaido snowscapes mirror emotional isolation
Writing
Cases avoid melodrama through messy, bureaucratic realism
Creator
Shin Hirano
Ryo Yoshizawa
Takeshiro Shikota
Ken Yasuda
Hajime Ueno
Fumino Kimura
Risa Watanuki
Erika Ikuta
Momoko Wakui
Mahiro Takasugi
Yuta Yano
Rinko Kikuchi
Tatsuki Samejima
Shinobu Otake
Minami Shikota
Akiyoshi Nakao
Sosuke Tojo
Rin Takanashi
Niko Habu
Masahiro Komoto
Ryohei Imanari
Rio Kanno
Mai Kawamoto
Bokuzo Masana
Akira Ukita
Satoru Matsuo
Osamu Suzuki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
PICU dramatizes Japan's real rural healthcare crisis, where pediatric specialists are critically scarce outside Tokyo and Osaka.
Director Shin Hirano consulted actual Hokkaido PICU staff; the fictional unit's location mirrors a real 2019 establishment in Sapporo.
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