Itabashi Film Screening: Oyama Retro Cinema - 'The Great White Tower'
Friday, September 25, 2026
Screening of 'The Great White Tower' (1966, 149 min), directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and starring Jiro Tamiya. The story centers on fierce power struggles within Naniwa University's faculty of medicine. Ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen seeks a professorship through wealth and maneuvering, clashing with patient-focused Satomi. After winning the election, Zaizen's misdiagnosis leads to a patient's death and subsequent lawsuit. Although the university protects Zaizen in court, Satomi, who tells the truth, is ostracized, revealing the distortion of power and ethics in the medical world.
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