Young Black Jack

2011 2h 8m JA

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8.8

MASTERPIECE

★8.8TMDB · 4

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Synopsis

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On Christmas day, a bomb explodes in a shopping mall. The explosion was perpetrated by a serial bomber. A 9-year-old boy Kuro Hazama and his mother Mitsuko (Naho Toda) are seriously and transfered to a university hospital. With the elite skills of surgeon Dr. Jontaro Honma (Masachika Ichimura), Kuro survives, but is shocked to learn his mother is in a coma. Dr. Honma tells Tokio that when medical science advances, Michiko might one day awake. Tokio decides then to become a doctor. 15 years later, 24-year-old Kuro is a medical student and his mother is still in a coma. Kuro researches ways to awaken his mother whilst practising medicine without a licence.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Masaki Okada
Riisa Naka
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Kento Kaku
Haru
Takeo Nakahara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kentaro Otani
Writers: Masahiro Fukuma, Naoyuki Sakai
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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1 / 5

ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Masaki Okada and Riisa Naka and Yukiyoshi Ozawa carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1882164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kentaro Otani directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Released 15 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Masaki Okada and Riisa Naka and Yukiyoshi Ozawa carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt1882164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.