Team Medical Dragon | |
Team Medical Dragon volume 20
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医龍 (Iryū) |
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Genre | Drama |
Manga | |
Written by | Akira Nagai Taro Nogizaka |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Big Comic Superior |
Original run | November 1, 2002 – February 26, 2011 |
Volumes | 25 |
Television drama | |
Directed by | Satoshi Kubota Naruhide Mizuta |
Produced by | Sōsuke Osabe Yasuyuki Asuyuki |
Written by | Koji Hayashi |
Music by | Shin Kono Hiroyuki Sawano |
Studio | Fuji TV Drama Center |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | April 13 – June 29, 2006 |
Episodes | 11 |
Television drama | |
Team Medical Dragon 2 | |
Directed by | Naruhide Mizuta Hiroki Hayama Kazunari Hoshino |
Produced by | Sosuke Osabe Reiko Misao |
Written by | Koji Hayashi |
Music by | Hiroyuki Sawano Shin Kono |
Studio | Fuji TV Drama Center |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | October 11 – December 20, 2007 |
Episodes | 11 |
Television drama | |
Team Medical Dragon 3 | |
Directed by | Naruhide Mizuta Hiroki Hayama Ryo Tanaka |
Produced by | Tsuneya Watanabe |
Written by | Koji Hayashi |
Music by | Hiroyuki Sawano Shin Kono |
Studio | Fuji TV Drama Center |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | October 14 – December 16, 2010 |
Episodes | 10 |
Team Medical Dragon (Japanese: 医龍 Hepburn: Iryū?) is a seinen manga about Japanese medical care written by Akira Nagai with illustrations by Taro Nogizaka and medical supervision by Mie Yoshinuma. The series was published in Big Comic Superior between 2002 and 2011. It was adapted into a live action series.
Ryūtarou Asada is a prodigal surgeon who was exiled from the medical field. He is recruited by Akira Katō, an assistant professor, who wishes to use his skills to complete her thesis on the Batista procedure to promote herself politically in order to change the corruption in the Japanese medical system. Ryūtarou accepts and begins by recruiting a team skilled enough for the surgery.
Ryūtarou is a prodigal surgeon who was framed for medical malpractice and exiled from the medical field. He is recruited by Akira Katō to work in a medical university. He was portrayed in the live action series by Kenji Sakaguchi.
Miki is a surgical nurse and Ryūtarou's lover. She is portrayed in the live action series by Asami Mizukawa.
Akira is an assistant professor who aims to become a professor to change the corrupt Japanese medical system. She is portrayed in the live action series by Izumi Inamori.
Noboru is a hard working medical intern who is not assimilated into the corrupt Japanese medical system. He is portrayed in the live action series by Teppei Koike.
Keisuke is a cardiologist whose priority is for the patient and not the hospital. He is portrayed by Kuranosuke Sasaki.