A cake shop basement. State-of-the-art OR. This surgeon's bedside manner comes with a price tag that'll kill you.
54 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestThis dark medical drama examines the meaning of human life, centring on a team of unidentified black-market doctors who undertake any kind of surgery with superhuman surgical skills and exorbitant medical expenses. Hazama Eisuke, also known as "Ace", is a genius surgeon who works as a patissier during the day. He has an operating room equipped with the latest equipment in the basement of his patisserie, where he performs surgeries on patients who have been abandoned by others. Shimoyamada Jo, also known as "Joker", is a brilliant international lawyer and a negotiator with patients.
Acting
Tsumabuki's dead-eyed charm sells the patissier-by-day lie
Production
The basement OR set is disgustingly immaculate
Writing
Cases that force you to price-tag human worth
Creator
Jun Mutô
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Eisuke Hazama
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Jo Shimoyamada
Nao Matsushita
Saki Yoda
Wataru Hyuga
Gohito Shirase
Ami Touma
Minamo Shimazaki
Manami Hashimoto
Fumi Hashimoto
Rea Nagami
Nijie Daiba
Moe Yuki
Reona Kenmochi
Takeshi Kaga
Michizo Kenmochi
Hayate Ichinose
Jion Someya
Masei Nakayama
Yoichi Ikuta
Yuta Tanokura
Akira Shiodome
Katsuya Kobayashi
Tomoaki Ishikawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tatsuya Fujiwara and Satoshi Tsumabuki previously starred together in 2004's 'Densha Otoko'; their reunion here as morally flexible partners is deliciously ironic.
The series critiques Japan's two-tier medical system where wealthy patients receive priority care—Ace's underground practice literalizes this inequality with a price list.
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