"There are no more than 500 people on this island..."
"And this island was about to turn him into a counterfeit doctor."
- Clamp. - Yes.
"I thought... that was a good thing."
She's bleeding!
Could it be... an ectopic pregnancy?
I'm... Aikawa.
Please save my daughter.
Mettsen.
If we allow an unlicensed doctor to perform an illegal operation...
Suction!
- Is this it?! No. Is this it?! - Anyhow, remove the blood!
I'm doing that!
Blood pressure at 40!
I'm not particularly happy about...
...having been saved.
You'll... be just fine.
Episode 2: "Nurse VS Daughter! The Forbidden Love Triangle the Unlicensed Doctor Falls Into"
- Saline. - Yes.
- Suction. - Yes.
- Place some tension there. - Yes.
That concludes it.
You still haven't gotten ready yet?
Nogami-kun's operation ended just now.
About the budgetary time frame for expanding the multi-slice CT scanner...
...there are still points the Board of Directors want to examine.
The CT64-line expansion falls under my approval.
Don't joke about that.
- Director. - Ah, Nogami-kun.
Sorry about that VIP from this morning.
It was a superb operation, as always.
Thank you very much.
I'll be joining you. I'll get ready right away.
Akiko had...
...an ectopic pregnancy.
Dear.
Yes.
If you, her fiancée, don't recall having...
- I... - If that is the case...
What sort of expression should you have when meeting her?
Concerning this matter, you know nothing. You haven't heard anything.
Of course revealing it would be unnecessary.
Yes.
Good morning.
"Ectopic Pregnancy"
'Morning.
Last night's operation was a terrible one for Subaro-kun, wasn't it?
Amazing, isn't he? For a high school grad.
Excuse me...
- Good morning. - Good morning.
How are you?
- Sensei. - Yes?
1 ampule of blood clotting agent...
...along with 10 vials of antibiotics would be fine, wouldn't it?
No... One additional vial of antibiotics.
Excuse me.
How are you feeling?
Which was it?
A boy or a girl?
It was...
We weren't able to confirm which.
I see...
I'm very sorry.
Um... Where are the others who were with me?
It seems they returned to Tokyo under instructions from your Father.
Um...
The mother's life...
For doing everything I could in order to save just your life...
...I am truly sorry.
Sensei... You've apologized twice now.
Eh?
Doctors absolutely mustn't apologize to either the patients or their families.
It could be to your disadvantage if it came to a trial.
My Dad is always saying that.
Don't worry. Because I won't be filing a lawsuit.
Ah...
Anyhow, I wasn't able to give birth...
You stayed here all last night?
Her condition...
I thought it might take a sudden turn for the worse.
I told you I would stay, too.
Ah... I'm sorry.
Yesterday...
...was Hell... and Heaven.
Even if the worst had happened...
...there was nothing else we could have done given the situation.
After all, you...
...aren't a doctor.
Your skills are reliable though.
It was all thanks to you, Akiko-san.
What was?
Back then...
...when you said right off that it might be an ectopic pregnancy.
I hadn't noticed that.
You should get back already.
If you're seen around here, they'll be suspicious.
So long...
Just a minute.
I should wash this.
Thank you very much.
"Because it's your fault..."
"You're the bad one..."
"Because you came here to me yourself, after all."
"Never..."
"...would I be the person who chases after someone."
"That's what I wanted to think..."
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: "Kumo no Kaidan" "Staircase of Clouds"
Excuse me. Where is the medical clinic?
What business do you have with the medical clinic?
I am the Director there, Muraki.
Um... A Tasaka Akiko underwent surgery there last night...
Ah, you're her parents.
We wanted to thank you very much for saving our daughter's life.
Director!
Oh!
"Director - Tasaka Yuichiro" "Tasaka General Hospital - Director"
Eh? Then you're from that famous Tokyo hospital...
Oh, that's a top-notch place.
My wife works as the Chairman of the Board...
...so she outranks me as the Director.
Well, I'm just her husband.
That's formal of you.
"Examination Room" You'll feel a bit of prickly pain, okay?
Young Doctor, are you going to be with this medical clinic for a long time?
This island hasn't had a young sensei like you in decades...
...so after so long, you're like a treasure to us.
It's nice having the Young Doctor around.
The Director is so run-down...
That's true, isn't it?
Take care.
Next person!
Got a minute?
Come in.
These are Tasaka Akiko-san's parents.
Would you be Aikawa-sensei?
Ah... yes.
"Mikotojima Village Office" You may say, "that's how it was," Director Muraki.
But that girl's surgery is already being rumored about around the island.
A rumor?
What kind?
That the medical clinic's Young Doctor saved the life of a girl from Tokyo.
That's the truth.
Still, the Young Doctor...
What I mean is, Aikawa-kun's title is "Clerk" and not "Doctor."
He's an "unlicensed doctor."
What's this about now?
You've sent you own son in to be examined by Saburo, haven't you?
Well, that's so, but...
And the Village Mayor here has come in to have Saburo examine him for his rheumatism.
Well, that's true, too, but...
Saburo... is a genuine doctor of this island.
All of the islanders think so.
You think so, don't you?
- Well, now, now... - Well...
Thank you very much.
Which of her fallopian tubes was the one that ruptured?
Ah, Ru... ruptured...
- The left. - The left one.
And last night, when I spoke to you over the phone...
...I thought as an emergency ectopic operation case...
...it would be performed with a laparoscope.
Why was the use of a laparoscope impossible?
Ah... That's...
Well, normally that should have been used...
...but this guy's specialty is in surgery, so he's a layman when it comes to obstetrics.
And well, we don't have facilities for such things here anyhow.
I see. That's true.
Still, this guy is the hopeful star of Mikotojima.
Excuse me...
- Is there a heliport on this island? - There is.
If possible, we'd like to take our child to our hospital in Tokyo as soon as we can.
Well, moving her in this condition would be dangerous.
That's true.
She should stay here for another week.
Another week here, at a place like this...
Mama, since it's me, I'll be fine.
Well, but...
- Um... Director... - Huh?
Excuse me. I have... another patient waiting in the outpatient clinic.
Ah, that's right! Get going, get going.
Are you okay?
I've realized it.
I've... woken up.
What do you mean?
Ako...
What on earth is this about?
Who's the other person?
- We don't need to discuss that right now. - We do.
It's someone neither of you know.
Ako...
Because I'll be okay now.
And both of you are busy, aren't you?
You'll be just fine alone?
Yeah.
Let's go...
If it comes to that, I alone will stay here with you...
I said I'll be fine!
Thank you... for coming.
It's only natural we would.
That's right.
Somehow... This is something I haven't seen in a long time.
Papa and Mama together in a two-shot.
This seems nice, doesn't it?
A surgeon whose hobby runs towards making models.
Perhaps you've escaped, too.
I...
...am a fake.
Can I ask you something?
About what you said this morning.
When you said, "I've realized it. I've woken up."
Today, um...
...when I met with Tasaka Akiko-san's parents...
I wondered what the hell I was doing...
...and I felt scared...
And sorry...
First thing tomorrow, I'll speak to the Director.
You'll tell him you don't want to do this anymore?
This time around, by pure luck...
...the operation went successfully.
However...
...when something happens the next time around...
The next time you take charge of a dangerously ill patient...
At that time, you might kill the patient.
But, I wonder if that sort of anxiety...
...doesn't occur all the time to real doctors as well?
The wall you've run into now...
...is one all doctors run into at least once...
But I'm NOT a doctor!
I should go now... I'm on duty.
"Mikotojima Medical Clinic"
Um...
Is anything the matter?
The area where I was operated on is twitching painfully.
Could you call for the Sensei?
Aikawa-sensei.
Sorry for keeping you waiting.
I'm sorry for making you come at this late hour.
The area around her sutures is twitching painfully.
Excuse me.
Does it hurt here?
A little...
How about here?
That's fine.
The cause doesn't seem to be an infection of any kind.
The pain has lessened from what it was a little while ago.
I see... That's good.
She just wants to be babied by you.
Your gentleness...
There isn't a doctor out there who is like that.
- It's okay if you go on home. - Eh?
Because I can listen to a patient's selfish whims one after the other.
Director.
What's going on at this late hour?
Well, I went to have a bit of a drink...
...but I forgot the key to my house here.
- Want some water? - Yeah.
- I heard. - Eh?
That you seem to have noticed it right away.
About that girl's ectopic pregnancy.
That brought back some unpleasant memories for you, didn't it?
Not particularly.
I see.
"It'll be okay, it'll be okay."
"Oi!"
"It's okay. It'll be over right away."
"Graduation Certificate - Akiko" "You'll kinda enjoy it too, right?"
"It's an ectopic pregnancy."
"Don't worry! I'll definitely save you."
Ah... My head is queasy. Ow...
Yet another hangover? Here.
- Good morning. - Ah, 'morning.
- 'Morning. - Director, geez...
- Aki-chan already told you, too, geez. - Good morning.
Oh. Our hopeful star is sleepy.
- Um... - What's up?
Director...
Could you let me go back to my former job as a clerk?
Sa... Saburo.
- What's the matter? - Please.
But... Saburo.
I guess since I'm unlicensed...
Yes! That's just.
It's true I twisted your arm into performing medical care.
It's because I felt you could do it.
What this little island needs...
...is a very kind doctor who can examine patients.
But I'm not a doctor!
You are a doctor. You've been a doctor here on this island for a long time now.
No licensed doctors will come here.
Born and raised on this island...
...I took over this clinic just by chance when I succeeded my father to it.
You shouldn't think of me...
...as just some guy who'd say, "you should try being a doctor here."
What would happen if someone like me were to collapse?
To a place like this... Someone with a doctor's license wouldn't come here, either.
We've got no choice but to take...
...those guys who can do it and make them do it!
- I completely understand your feelings. - Huh?
However, even if it is as you say, that's not a reason to take...
...someone like Aikawa-kun and tell him it's okay, as an unlicensed doctor, to perform medical acts.
What I'm saying is...
That this guy IS a doctor for this island!
Can't this guy's job be as...
...a doctor for this island?
Oi, Takaoka! You divorced pharmacist.
Have there been any mistakes in the prescriptions this guy has written up for you until now?
- That would be... none. - Right?
Well, um... How do I put this...
Isn't this a problem of Saburo-kun's motivation?
Huh?
He himself is saying, "I don't want to do this anymore; I don't want to go on."
That's... well...
Saburo, I wasn't hoping for much.
You are this Mikotojima's...
For the just 480 people that live here on Mikotojima...
...it's fine with them if you're their doctor.
If by some chance Aikawa-kun is accused of being an unqualified doctor...
...he won't be the only one held responsible.
All of us will share in that responsibility.
Say, you're not open yet?
And I went to all the trouble to be first in line.
Kinu-san, I'm sorry. We'll examine you right now.
Geez! Kinu-san.
- No! - Eh?
I'm scared of you, Director, so not you.
The Young Doctor's better.
That's how it is, Saburo.
That's how it is.
Sorry for being scary.
C'mon!
Now Kinu-san, let's go.
Thank you for waiting. Yes, yes.
"A person's fate..."
"...isn't necessarily decided upon by what that person intends for themselves."
"Rather, because it can be carried away, contrary to their intentions..."
"...maybe that is why it is called 'fate.'"
- Young Doctor, thanks for your hard work. - Thanks.
"How we live now and in the future..."
"...depends upon whether we dare to entrust ourselves..."
"...to the fate that is shown before us."
"Aikawa Saburo..."
"...is a man who has chosen just such a way of life."
Is there a pain anywhere that you are worried about?
"Only not then, as yet..."
"...I hadn't noticed it."
Ah, Sensei!
Over here, over here!
"That he and I were facing in the same direction."
"I was trying to believe that that was so."
Pretty, isn't it?
Because she's island born and raised...
...I think she would know everything about it.
What about?
In order to restore my physical strength...
...I was thinking of going out for walks to stretch my legs a little.
Ah... That would be good.
Anyhow, I was wondering if there was someone in the know about the island...
...who could tell me of any off the beaten path places.
Is there anything like that? Please.
Let's see...
I'm sorry. There's nothing like that here.
- I see... - It's a boring island.
I'm sorry.
Don't! That's nothing for Sensei to apologize for.
I'll be discharged tomorrow.
That's true.
I'll return to Tokyo.
I... have had my life saved twice by Aikawa-sensei.
Twice?
The first time was here.
When you called out to me.
Sensei, you too.
Eh?
- Your phone number. - Ah.
Ah...
You didn't go? To see Akiko-san off.
Aren't you going in?
I'm on holiday, starting today.
Ehh... There's a place like this around.
It's a place off the beaten path for those in the know.
This is a place I don't want to tell that many people about.
Are you still suffering even now?
Eh?
You're going on being a doctor, after all.
You said this before, didn't you?
"I don't have anything of my own."
I think I finally understand...
...what you meant by that.
Because this way is comfortable.
Sorry. I put that badly, didn't I?
In my past as well...
...I struggled just like this.
But... no matter how much I struggled...
...everything I did... just backfired on me.
And then in the end I realized something.
In my life...
...there's one thing I need most.
And that is...
...my own will.
But it's... a little scary.
What is?
The me right now...
...wants to live on this island forever.
That's what I've started to feel.
An e-mail.
My Mother.
Your mother?
She says the chronic disease in her hip has gotten worse.
Will she be okay?
It's her usual thing.
She sends me these sometimes.
She lives in Tokyo, doesn't she? You should go see her.
That's okay.
I haven't told her...
...that I'm living here.
Don't you miss it?
Tokyo, that is.
I don't.
I guess I will go out...
...for little while tomorrow.
- Eh? - To see my Mother.
You should.
You can only go during the time you have off, right?
Hmm...
As I thought, this part is difficult.
There's a technique to it.
Hmm...
You really are skilled.
Would you tell me what your phone number is?
Eh?
For your home... in Tokyo.
My home?
Ah, yes.
I don't particularly think I will...
...but if there was a time when I couldn't reach your cell phone...
...and say if something had brought about a change in one of the patients.
- Here. - Yeah.
"I hated myself for such things."
"The woman I most didn't want to become..."
"...was drawing closer to me."
"Passenger Ship Terminal"
"Metal Manufacturing Aikawa Lathe Factory"
Ah, yes?
Ah, hello, Mom?
Saburo, this is rare. What's going on?
Huh?
I was just wondering how you were doing.
"How I'm doing"?
I have my sore hip again.
I'll be heading over there now.
For money again?
No.
I received my wages from my part-time job last week...
...but I still have to pay the electric and gas bills.
Like I said, not for that.
I've got a proper job now.
Really?
I'll be over there around 1.
So long.
What is this?
"Tasaka Akiko"
- Yes? - Aikawa-sensei?
Thanks to you, I've safely arrived back in Tokyo.
Ah, yes.
That's great.
I felt I should give you my thanks.
Um, because my parents are also saying they would like to thank you properly...
...if you ever happen to have some occasion to be in Tokyo, please stop by.
Ah.
Truth is, I'm...
...in Tokyo right now.
Eh? Really?
I had some business to take care of here.
Um, could I see you?
Eh?
I can't?
Well...
But, for why?
Ah, I'm sorry.
Sensei!
Ah...
Sorry for selfishly asking this of you.
Ah, no...
You haven't had lunch yet, have you?
I've made reservations at a restaurant.
- Eh? - Ah, I've called for my parents as well.
Well, but I'm dressed like this...
- Could you leave that to me? - Eh?
Please try this on.
Incredible. That looks really good on you.
- Ah, you'll need shoes, won't you? - Well...
How do you do? I'm her sister, Sakiko.
On this occasion, we would like to give our thanks to Aikawa-sensei.
- Say, where's Mama? - Huh? It's because this was so sudden.
My wife sends you her sincerest regards.
Ah, yes.
Are you here for an academic meeting or something?
Ah... yes.
Well, that and something else as well.
At last year's "International Forum," did you go to hear the lecture by Professor Steinberg?
Ah... I wanted to go to that...
...but it was too stormy for the ship to sail.
Ah, that's a pity. That's one lecture you should never miss out on.
That's true.
I missed out.
- Yes, yes. In America next month... - Papa!
Is work all you can talk about?
Sorry, sorry. That was rude of me.
Ah, no...
Have you decided on the period in which you'll serve at Mikotojima Medical Clinic?
Eh?
Well, I do think it is training...
...but being engaged in medical care in a remote area...
...you'll only end up being outranked by the other doctors of your class.
- That's work talk, too. - Ah.
Say, Sensei. You aren't going to be on that island forever, are you?
Eh?
"There's nothing there," is what Mama said.
Since Aikawa-sensei is such an excellent doctor, you should be more...
That's it...
Say, Papa. Couldn't we use him at our hospital?
- Huh? - That's right! You should come.
The surgical department is always understaffed.
I wouldn't mind...
...but the one who handles the staffing is your Mama, the Chief Director.
Geez... Why didn't Mama come along?
I'll try talking to my Mom.
That again.
I'm serious about this.
Isn't this work talk as well?
Ah...
Geez!
Ah, you aren't eating again, Saki.
Whaa!
Geez!
I didn't want to spill that.
Ala, what is it you're drinking out of despair over in broad daylight?
I'm not really in despair.
Saburo-kun's in Tokyo?
Seems his mother's hip is hurting her, so he went for a visit.
Hmm... That's filial of him, isn't it?
- He's lying to me. - Eh?
Yes?
Hello?
Excuse me, my name is Suzuki. Is Saburo-san in?
Saburo?
He didn't come, did he?
Hello.
- Hello? - Aikawa-san?
Ah... Akiko-san.
Could it be there's an emergency?
No, it's not that.
Ah... That's good then.
I was just wondering what time you'd be returning by boat tomorrow.
Ah...
I haven't decided on that yet.
So long.
What's up?
Sorry. I'm going home.
- Eh? - I'm going home!
Eh? Oi, wait...
What is this?
I wonder what kind of job you have where you can buy clothes like these?
You...
...wouldn't be doing something illegal...?
What are you saying?
There's no way I'd do that.
Say, Mom.
Just as an if...
If I said you could eat anything at all that was your favorite...
What would you eat?
- What's this out of the blue about? - What would you want to eat?
People...
...should do those things that are within their means.
"Resume - Yamanaka Takashi" I ain't heard about this!
I wasn't told about you hiring a new doctor!
We thought if we discussed it with you, you'd oppose it anyway.
Damn straight I would.
It was I who asked them to push forward with this in secret.
Miyasaka...
This guy's got a solid background.
Director, isn't it always you who's saying, "there's never enough doctors to go around"?
That's why I trained Saburo!
This man has a medical license.
Is a guy who holds a medical license a good doctor?
How many such people have you brought out up until now?
And each and every one of them were worthless!
After no more than half a year here, they all ran off!
Listen up. I've been saying this for a long time, haven't I?
A good cat isn't about whether it's white or black but whether it catches the mouse!
- Ow! - Muraki-san!
Director?
Ah, someone! Someone!
"I was happy."
"I thought this was enough."
"The two of us were facing in the same direction."
"Even if you wanted to go off the island..."
"...you couldn't."
This Drama is fictional. All names including island and hospital names are fictional.
In addition, the practice of medicine by unlicensed persons is prohibited by law and parts played during this drama such as nurses giving anesthesia is also prohibited by law.
"Real VS Fake"