Shiroi Kyoto / The Great White Tower

[moonchyld]

@juliana
a, doumo arigatou gozaimashita!!!


to think i already cried for the whole episode last night.. and it's still not the last episode! *excited*

[juliana_phang]

moonchyld wrote:

@juliana a, doumo arigatou gozaimashita!

u r welcome..

[tingtongbell]

i think the song is by Charlotte Church, titled Amazing Grace

[Godhand]

Very nicely done!

The surgical procedures are realistic and so are the problem-solving to the hairy moments in the operating room.

I especially find the interaction and contrast between surgeons and internists entertaining since it's exactly how it is here in U.S. too.

I think medical professionals and laymen should all check out this show.

[ayumi]

A good drama that i would say but a very slow drama too.......don't quite like the ending......too fast ....

[martinl]

The ending song is a christian song called 'Amazing Grace' (forgot artist Name)

*edit oops others ppl beat me to it.


imo this is one of the best dramas ive seen. The ending is especially sad though, but i liked how they ended it.

[Maine]

Think Channel U in Singapore will be premiering this show some time within these few months. I am so looking forward to this GREAT show. Yipee!

[sumoboy]

I got my hands on this show and and I am plodding thru' episode 5 right now. I hope it the plot really moves faster.

In any case, Kuroki Hitomi looks as usual, terrific. Can't believe she is in her forties.

[ml_desu]

writing from singapore here.

not sure if vcds are being sold for shiroi kyoto ... but if they are, does anyone know if these have been cut?

the drama when aired over ch u recently, i'm pretty sure was cut. i hope to be able to catch this drama intact, at least once in this lifetime


thanks in advance for any assistance rendered.

[bmwracer]

There's already a thread for this drama here: http://www.jdorama.com/viewtopic.4768.htm


PLEASE use the search engine before starting any new threads. Thanks.

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[ml_desu]

did a search but wasn't able to find the thread

really sorry ...

[biggirl20]

awww.. my life become so boring after shiroi kyoto aired finish on Channel U.. I bought the VCD at starting of january le!!
There is some scene being cut.. like before every edp start, there will be AZUMA / ZAIZEN kyoju no so kai shi nesu then it will be the recap..
And one more thing dey cut off is edp 10 after zaizen 1st checking patient period, it show zaizen and the group of "gang" walking on the corridoor for a long time =D [zaizen damn shuai lor.. hahaa!]

Last edp i cry until like dunno wat.. it reallys touching and my friend scold tat satomi is a wood.. hahaa!!

There is oso a special edp which had a duration of 2 hours tat long! wonder anyone watched tis special edp, but i watched it =D
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[gaijinmark]

Okay, up to episode 10 almost halfway thru. This is REALLY good! There's so many interesting characters the episodes just fly by. Probably my favorite is Nishida Toshiyuki. He usually plays a happy-go-lucky character but in this, "conniving obstetrician" is a term I thought I'd never use.

And anybody that's scared off of this because it's a hospital drama, don't be. It's a drama that happens to take place in a hospital.

[shin2]

gaijinmark wrote:

Okay, up to episode 10 almost halfway thru. This is REALLY good! There's so many interesting characters the episodes just fly by. Probably my favorite is Nishida Toshiyuki. He usually plays a happy-go-lucky character but in this, "conniving obstetrician" is a term I thought I'd never use.

Nishida Toshiyuki is a such a good actor. I'd recommend you watch the first two Yamada Yoji "Gakko" movies if you want to see Nishida in other serious roles.

The large ensemble cast in Shiroi Kyoto is exceptional. So many veteran actors and actresses--a far cry from the usual dorama being churned out these days.

Shiroi Kyoto is actually a popular story. It was initially a series of novels; prior to this 2003 dorama, there were two previous television dramatizations, plus two theatrical movies; and I think both Taiwanese and Korean television have produced their versions of this story.

gaijinmark wrote:

And anybody that's scared off of this because it's a hospital drama, don't be. It's a drama that happens to take place in a hospital.

Very astute remark.

[gaijinmark]

Up thru episode 15

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The trial is going on. I thought Azuma would be glad that Zaizen is getting sued, kind of surprising that he isn't.

I wonder what the budget for this was. When they said Zaizen was going to Poland I thought we'd see some standard airport shots, a few interiors giving the impression he went to Poland, but damn, they REALLY went to Poland!

[HHND]

I also wonder the same thing! I was impressed by the filming at the Nazi site, but for some reason I felt like it was somewhat out of the general mood of the drama.
Does anyone think if it was shortened to ~ 15 episodes it would have been better? The first 11 episodes went by really fast for me, but the trial was kind of dragged out, perhaps because I'm not too interested in lawsuits and stuff like that. Not that the drama overall wasn't great. I couldn't watch anything after watching SK for like a week (happens when I really like some drama)
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[nadrika]

gaijinmark wrote:

Up thru episode 15 Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: The trial is going on. I thought Azuma would be glad that Zaizen is getting sued, kind of surprising that he isn't.

Haha. Me too. Guess I am an evil person so i felt that humans are mean and that's how they'll react. And i really liked this drama as i could identify with the characters very much. Perhaps because i did have a friendship once that was very much like how it went between Zaizen and the other doctor, can't recall his character name now. Something about their rivalry really strike a chord with me.

gaijinmark wrote:

I wonder what the budget for this was. When they said Zaizen was going to Poland I thought we'd see some standard airport shots, a few interiors giving the impression he went to Poland, but damn, they REALLY went to Poland!

I think i read somewhere that it was a blockbuster drama to commemorate FujiTv's 45th anniversary. So guess it really had a big budget. Don't know how much though

HHND wrote:

I also wonder the same thing! I was impressed by the filming at the Nazi site, but for some reason I felt like it was somewhat out of the general mood of the drama.

I think it was a little off but felt that it does tie in wrt the inner battle in Zaizen himself at that point? The dilemmas that he was facing?

And as someone who's interested in WWII stuff, the filming there really was a bonus to me.

HHND wrote:

Does anyone think if it was shortened to ~ 15 episodes it would have been better? The first 11 episodes went by really fast for me, but the trial was kind of dragged out, perhaps because I'm not too interested in lawsuits and stuff like that. Not that the drama overall wasn't great. I couldn't watch anything after watching SK for like a week (happens when I really like some drama)

imho, the story wasn't draggy AT ALL. perhaps because i like watching the lawsuit stuff. So really this drama had all the ingredients necessary to get me hooked from start to finish. A very realistic drama and solid acting. Impressive!!!

[Eyeyore]

If I do recall correctly. It was the first time Auschwitz Museum allowed a TV crew to film in the concentration camp. It was breath-taking and my jaw dropped because even Steven Spielberg couldn't get the permission.

And the railway track was notoriously known as a death track.

[Eve]

Eyeyore wrote:

If I do recall correctly. It was the first time Auschwitz Museum allowed a TV crew to film in the concentration camp. It was breath-taking and my jaw dropped because even Steven Spielberg couldn't get the permission.

Interesting. I guess the Germans felt more commfortable with how the Japanese would handle the subject.
Actually it is not overly surprising when one thinks about it.
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[bmwracer]

Eve wrote:

Interesting. I guess the Germans felt more commfortable with how the Japanese would handle the subject. Actually it is not overly surprising when one thinks about it.

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