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.
Jirō Tamiya
Eijirō Tōno
Takahiro Tamura
Eitarō Ozawa
Eiji Funakoshi
Osamu Takizawa
Shiho Fujimura
Mayumi Ogawa
Teruko Kishi
Yoshi Katō
Masao Shimizu
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Bontarō Miake
Tatsuo Matsushita
Takeshi Katō
Masami Shimojō
Mizuho Suzuki
Fujio Suga
Yūzō Hayakawa
Toshio Takahara
Kô Sugita
Shō Natsuki
Mantarō Ushio
Yoshirō Kitahara
Machiko Hasegawa
Hisako Takihana
Kiyoko Hirai
Fumiko Murata
Yosuke Takemura
Jun Osanai
Kōichi Itō
Nobuo Minamitaka
Kenichi Tani
Kanji Kawara
Keiichiro Yamane
Yoshio Takee
Fujio Harumoto