Digital Script ArchivesDetail
Kirigirisu
- No.
- ST-00248
- Year
- 1981
- Broadcated
/Created by - フジ系/関西テレビ
- Scriptwriter
- Yamada Nobuo
- Original author
- 渡辺淳一
- Original name
- 少女の死ぬ時
- Format
- one-off drama
- Casts
- 有津公一郎…緒方拳、久子…倍賞千恵子、大輔…東田吉宏、小西錦一…宇野重吉、北岡雄二…奥田英二、小坂風子…池上季実子、山村直子…笠間一寿美、三枝子…山口真代、圭子…増岡美樹、朝雄…寺下貞信、小田節子…中塚和代、他
- Awards
- TV Drama Masterpiece / ACA Arts Festival Excellence Award
- Overview
- Based on Junichi Watanabe’s novel Shojo no Shinu Toki, Kirigirisu is a medical drama that revolves around doctors who desperately struggle to save a young girl’s life. It pursues the dignity of life through this theme. Won the 36th ACA National Arts Festival Excellence Award. It gained popularity for the realistic and gripping performance by the leading actor Ken Ogata who played a doctor, as well as by Eiji Okuda and Kimiko Ikegami. In a hospital in Kobe, a young girl with cardiomyopathy has a sudden heart attack and goes into a state of suspended animation. Aritsu, an experienced doctor, performs a cardiac massage while getting drenched in sweat. He instructs a young doctor—who is just standing there in confusion—to deliver oxygen manually with an artificial respirator. He provides precise instructions to the nurses, too. But no matter how many cardiac massages he performs, the girl does not recover from cardiopulmonary arrest. Eventually, Aritsu declares that he must cut open the patient’s chest and massage her heart directly with his hands. Aritsu keeps on performing cardiac massages with single-minded focus, saying “When we stop, that is when she dies.” But even after this, the girl does not show any vital signs. How long will his efforts continue? The moment of decision approaches...
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