The Glorious Team Batista

2008 2h 0m JA

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6.8

SOLID

★6.8TMDB · 10

ComedyDramaMystery

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Writers: Mitsuharu Makita, Hiroshi Saito
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Team Batista Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Yuko Takeuchi and Hiroshi Abe and Koji Kikkawa carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1167825 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yoshihiro Nakamura directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Part of the "Team Batista Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Yuko Takeuchi and Hiroshi Abe and Koji Kikkawa carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1167825 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.