Doctor-X Season 4: Japanese Medical Drama Overview
Doctor-X Season 4, known in Japanese as ドクターX ～外科医・大門未知子～, is the fourth television season of the popular medical drama series broadcast by TV Asahi in Japan. The series centers on the independent, highly skilled freelance surgeon Michiko Daimon.
Broadcast and Production
The fourth season aired from October 13 to December 22, 2016, occupying the Thursday 21:00 time slot on TV Asahi. The series recorded an average viewership rating of 21.5% in the Kanto region. The production was directed by Naomi Tamura and Hidetomo Matsuda, with scripts written by a team including Miho Nakazono, Makoto Hayashi, Toshio Terada, Takafumi Kosaka, and Manabu Uda.
Synopsis and Plot Premise
In the fourth season, freelance surgeon Michiko Daimon confronts Shigekatsu Hiruma, the newly appointed director of Japan's premier university hospital, who harbors a long-standing grudge against her.
Main Cast
- Ryoko Yonekura as Michiko Daimon
- Ittoku Kishibe as Akira Kanbara
- Yuki Uchida as Hiromi Jonouchi
- Takeshi Kitano as Kantaro Kurosu
- Isao Hashizume as Tadashi Aoyagi
- Katsuhisa Namase as Takayuki Kikawada
- Yuki Shikanuma as Tomiyo Momoi
- Toshiyuki Nishida as Shigekatsu Hiruma
- Kenichi Endo as Takashi Ebina
- Masanobu Katsumura as Hideki Kaji
- Kosuke Suzuki as Mamoru Hara
- Kayoko Kishimoto as Aiko Ichinose
- Munetaka Aoki as Gen Akagi
- Kei Inoo as Kojiro Himuro
- Manami Hashimoto as Harumi Kanazawa