Shiroi Kyotō

Shiroi Kyoto (film)
Directed by	Satsuo Yamamoto
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata
Written by	Shinobu Hashimoto Toyoko Yamasaki (novel)
Starring	Jiro Tamiya Eijiro Tono Takahiro Tamura
Music by	Sei Ikeno
Cinematography	Nobuo Munekawa
Distributed by	Daiei Motion Picture Co. Ltd.
Release date(s)	October 12, 1966
Running time	150 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Shiroi Kyotō (白い巨塔; literally "The White Tower") is a a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a movie in 1966 and then twice as a television mini-series in 1978 and 2003.

1 Summary
2 Cast (1966 movie)
3 Cast (2003 TV series)
4 Awards
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Summary

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.

Cast (1966 movie)

Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen
Eijiro Tono - Professor Azuma
Takahiro Tamura - Satomi
Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai
Eiji Funakoshi - Professor Kikukawa
Osamu Takizawa - Professor Funao
Kenjiro Ishiyama - Zaizen (Goro's grandfather)
Yoshi Kato - Professor Okouchi
Teruko Kishi - Masako
Mayumi Ogawa - Keiko
Shiho Fujimura - Saeko
Toshio Takahara - Tsukuda

Cast (2003 TV series)

Toshiaki Karasawa - Goro Zaizen
Koji Ishizaka - Professor Azuma
Yosuke Eguchi - Shuji Satomi
Masato Ibu - Professor Ugai
Ikki Sawamura - Professor Kikukawa
Takeo Nakahara - Professor Funao
Toshiyuki Nishida - Mataichi Zaizen
Toru Shinagawa - Professor Okouchi
Atsuko Takabata - Masako Azuma
Hitomi Kuroki - Keiko Hanamori
Akiko Yada - Saeko Azuma
Takataro Kataoka - Tomihiro Tsukuda

Awards

21st Mainichi Film Award^[1]

Won: Best Film

References

^ "21　1966年" (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. http://www.japan-movie.net/about/history21.html. Retrieved 2011-01-08.

External links

Shiroi Kyoto (film) at the Internet Movie Database
Shiroi Kyoto (film) at AllRovi

Films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto

Bōryoku no Machi (1950) Shiroi Kyotō (1966) Fumō Chitai (1976) Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979)

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film

Until We Meet Again (1950) · Repast (1951) · Lightning (1952) · An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) · Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) · Floating Clouds (1955) · Mahiru no ankoku (1956) · The Rice People (1957) · The Hidden Fortress (1958) · Kiku to Isamu (1959) · Her Brother (1960) · Pigs and Battleships (1961) · Foundry Town (1962) · The Insect Woman (1963) · Woman in the Dunes (1964) · Red Beard (1965) · Shiroi Kyotō (1966) · The Fossil (1974) · Lullaby of the Earth (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · Third Base (1978) · Vengeance Is Mine (1979) · Kagemusha (1980) · Muddy River (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · Tokyo Trial (1983) · MacArthur's Children (1984) · Ran (1985) · House of Wedlock (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · The Silk Road (1988) · Dotsuitarunen (1989) · Childhood Days (1990) · A Scene at the Sea (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · Like a Rolling Stone (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Boys Be Ambitious (1996) · Bounce Ko Gals (1997) · Hana-bi (1998) · Taboo (1999) · Battle Royale (2000) · Spirited Away (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) · Nobody Knows (2004) · Break Through! (2005) · Hula Girls (2006) · Kisaragi (2007) · Climber's High (2008) · Mt. Tsurugidake (2009) · Confessions (2010)

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

1946–1959	Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) · Ima Hitotabi no (1947) · Drunken Angel (1948) · Late Spring (1949) · Until We Meet Again (1950) · Repast (1951) · Ikiru (1952) · An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) · Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) · Floating Clouds (1955) · Mahiru no ankoku (1956) · The Rice People (1957) · The Ballad of Narayama (1958) · Kiku to Isamu (1959)

1960–1979	Her Brother (1960) · A Soldier's Prayer (1961) · Harakiri (1962) · High and Low (1963) · Woman in the Dunes (1964) · Red Beard (1965) · Shiroi Kyotō (1966) · Samurai Rebellion (1967) · The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) · Double Suicide (1969) · Kazoku (1970) · Silence (1971) · Shinobu Kawa (1972) · Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) · Castle of Sand (1974) · The Fossil (1975) · Fumō Chitai (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · The Incident (1978) · Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979)

1980–2009	Kagemusha (1980) · Muddy River (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) · W's Tragedy (1984) · Ran (1985) · The Sea and Poison (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · Black Rain (1989) · Childhood Days (1990) · My Sons (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · A Dedicated Life (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Shall We Dance? (1996) · Princess Mononoke (1997) · Begging for Love (1998) · Poppoya (1999) · Face (2000) · Spirited Away (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) · Blood and Bones (2004) · Break Through! (2005) · Sway (2006) · I Just Didn't Do It (2007) · Departures (2008) · Shizumanu Taiyō (2009) · Villain (2010)