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Team Batista no Eikō (チーム·バチスタの栄光, The Glorious Team Batista) is a Japanese mystery film and television show adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Takeru Kaidō. The story revolves around a hospital with a team of doctors known for their success with a type of heart surgery. After a series of failed operations that result in the patient's death, an internal investigation is initiated, led by a doctor named Taguchi and a brash government official. In the original novel the main character Taguchi, was a male doctor in his forties. However, for the film adaptation TBS suggested replacing the character with a young female resulting in Yuko Takeuchi being cast as in the role. For the TV show, Taguchi is a man, with Atsushi Itō playing the role.
Original Release
02/09/2008
US Release
02/09/2008
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yuko Takeuchi | Kimiko Taguchi |
Hiroshi Abe | Keisuke Shiratori |
Sei Hiraizumi | Seiichiro Kurosaki |
Haruka Igawa | Naomi Otomo |
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi | Ryo Narumi |
Kôji Kikkawa | Kyoichi Kiryu |
Jun Kunimura | Kenta Takashina / Gonta Takashina |
Yoko Nogiwa | Nurse Fujiwara |
Shirô Sano | Yuji Kakitani / Yuji Kakiya |
Hiromasa Taguchi | Takayuki Haba |
Directors
Writers
Takeru Kaido, Mitsuharu Makita, Hiroshi Saitô
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yuko Takeuchi | Kimiko Taguchi |
Hiroshi Abe | Keisuke Shiratori |
Sei Hiraizumi | Seiichiro Kurosaki |
Haruka Igawa | Naomi Otomo |
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi | Ryo Narumi |
Kôji Kikkawa | Kyoichi Kiryu |
Jun Kunimura | Kenta Takashina / Gonta Takashina |
Yoko Nogiwa | Nurse Fujiwara |
Shirô Sano | Yuji Kakitani / Yuji Kakiya |
Hiromasa Taguchi | Takayuki Haba |
Tetsuji Tamayama | Toshiki Sakai |
Naoki Tanaka | Koichiro Himuro |
Takashi Yamanaka | |
Shirô Namiki | |
Kôichi Ueda | |
Karin Ono |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Yasuhiro Mase | Executive Producer |
Yoshishige Shimatani | Executive Producer |
Kanjirô Sakura | Producer |
Akihiro Yamauchi | Producer |