Everything that happens to you from here on...
...will be reaping what you've sown.
They told me, "you're pregnant."
You understand, don't you?
- It's absolutely impossible without actual experience! - I can do it!
- Please switch with me. - Don't worry.
- I will do it here. - Switch with me!
- I said I'll do it! - Out of the way!
- Intestines spatula. - Yes.
- Suction. - Yes.
Give me more and I'll hurry up and go away.
For now, 500.
Saburo-san!
Hello, is this the police?
Saburo-san?
Why?
Well then, you're not going to make a complaint?
I'm very sorry for having caused you this trouble.
So long, please take care of it.
Eh? Ah...
His injuries are probably not that bad...
Ah, I'm fine.
Yes. So long.
That's great, isn't it? You really don't have to file a complaint.
Who was that?
- Eh? - On the phone.
Hisatsune-san.
Does it still hurt?
- Why call him? - It's normal.
He said, "you have to contact me whenever you're in any kind of trouble."
You exaggerate things. Couldn't you have not made a fuss about it?
But...
Do you know that person?
If he wasn't someone I knew, he couldn't have gotten into our home.
What sort of friend is he? Someone from your medical school years?
What happened between you? Why did you fight?
It was a slight misunderstanding...
What kind of "misunderstanding" was it?
I'm sorry...
I won't ask anymore.
Hey, hey, hey... look!
Don't you think it's gotten a little bigger?
Or I wonder if it's just fat.
This is an important time for you, so be careful.
Is it Yamamoto Ryuji-san?
This person had gone to a pawn shop in Shinjuku.
We had a chat and things are satisfactory now.
- Will we be okay, going forward? - Yes.
Yamamoto-san told me this.
"I won't remember a thing about you from here on until I die."
Well then, I'll be going.
When I think about how much I had to pay him, for pete's sake...
Ah, excuse me. I have performed a review of the shift duties.
Ah, this is... Ah.
If I had been there...
...I would certainly have not allowed you to perform yesterday's operation.
With this, have you come to a slight realization?
That after all, you are an unqualified doctor.
Do you still want to be a doctor even after this?
I see. You do want to be a doctor.
Rest assured.
You will go on as a doctor as you have up until now.
In exchange, I will forbid you from performing any future acts of medical treatment.
By doing so...
...you will be a doctor as well as the Deputy Director for this hospital.
As long as you are in the medical field...
...something like what happened yesterday will definitely re-occur.
And when it does, it might turn into a lawsuit.
Your identity would then be immediately revealed...
...and exposed to the world.
What I'm most concerned about is my daughter.
I don't want the daughter I gave away to you to cry.
I don't want you practicing medicine ever again.
Understood?
"Does my life..."
"...still have any choices in it?"
"In order to go on being a doctor..."
"...I cannot practice medicine."
"Can it be said..."
"...that I'm even still alive?"
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Episode 8: "Do I Have the Qualifications to Save the Life of My Island Teacher?!"
- Huh? What's this? - Huh? What's up?
There's a broadcast e-mail from the General Secretary...
Eh?
Ah, I saw that a little while ago, too.
"In order for Dr. Tasaka Saburo to concentrate on his duties as Deputy Director full-time..."
"...he will be stepping down from performing any future medical treatments."
Ah, can't be helped I guess.
He'll have lots he'll need to study in order to be the Deputy Director from here on.
But doesn't this just mean it's related to what happened yesterday?
In this way, he's steadily becoming a person of the clouds, isn't he?
Still, isn't this strange?
It's only natural that if one doctor gets into trouble during an operation...
...for them to be succeeded by a different doctor.
The reality is that the operation ended safely because Nogami-sensei joined in on it.
Right, Nogami-sensei?
Well then...
...it's about time for Takamiya-sensei's afternoon operation, isn't it?
Yes.
Say, did anything happen with the Director?
Well, whatever.
Um...
What is it?
For helping me out yesterday...
Thank you very much.
No.
It's certainly true the Deputy Director's actions yesterday were reckless.
Performing that operation even without having experience in Vascular Surgery.
I'm grateful to you for that.
Still, even so...
...what's this about not letting the Deputy Director perform medical treatments in the future?
This is rare. For you to side with him.
I'll speak plainly.
I think his skills as a doctor are basically excellent.
- That's true. - In that case, why...
If looked at objectively...
...isn't he being treated as a useless treasure?
Treasure?
A treasure, huh?
Is that right? He's already left the hospital?
No, that's okay. Yes, excuse me.
Ah, Akiko-san.
Sorry, I've kept you waiting.
No. I'm the one who's sorry for calling you out this late.
What's up?
Has anything happened with my husband at the hospital?
Eh?
Ah... Why do you ask?
He hasn't come home.
- And he won't pick up the phone, either. - Eh?
I keep thinking... all sorts of terrible things.
Ah... He hasn't come to my place.
Is that right...
I'm scared.
From time to time...
...I just can't understand...
...just what it is he's thinking...
Somehow... you could say he's holding a secret...
...he can't tell to anyone...
I'm sorry. For talking to you about this, Akiko-san.
No.
In an operation he had yesterday...
...he ran into a bit of trouble.
Eh?
But then Nogami-sensei followed up on it...
...so it didn't get out of control.
Nogami-san did?
And then Aikawa-san... Ah...
He was then removed from performing medical treatments in the future.
Eh?
- Say. - Yes?
If your husband wasn't a doctor...
...you wouldn't love him?
I'm sorry... That was a mean question, wasn't it?
The reason I came to love him...
...was because I couldn't see lies in him.
He's a person who doesn't tell lies.
No.
I think... he's a person who can't tell lies.
As... his wife...
...I think I could share...
...whatever he has along with him...
...as much as possible.
Pain...
...and hardships...
...especially.
I see...
Why don't you just believe?
In your husband.
Whatever happens.
Thank you very much.
Take care of yourself.
Yes.
Aren't you being a little too strict?
With the Deputy Director?
If that level of trouble is enough to take me out, I'd be too scared to perform operations.
That level?
Or else is there some other reason?
Some other reason?
Let's see...
For example, if he were a quack doctor.
Oh...
Or something like that.
You say the most interesting things.
What are you doing here at this hour?
So long; please take care of that matter for me.
I heard about Saburo-san.
Saburo-kun didn't do anything wrong.
Go home.
What is it?
I heard Saburo-san...
...would sometimes go against Papa's policies as a doctor.
Saburo-san is different from you.
Different?
What difference is there between me and that man?
He...
...isn't going to turn medical treatments into a tool for making money.
He is a pure doctor, passionate...
...and devoted to helping people!
What work other than as a doctor...
...can you say a man such as him can do?!
If you won't withdraw this current punishment...
...I will tell Mama...
...all about that woman earlier.
Are you going to blackmail me again?
- Yes. - The way you talk is exactly like your Mama's.
Do you intend to become the Chief Director yet?
Excuse me.
You don't what you're talking about!
What is it you know?
"He's passionate and devoted to helping people"?
Just what on earth is it you imagine about him?
Can you comprehend it?!
Since you were born, everything you have...
...was there for you just by reaching out your hand!
For someone who has lived such a life, you just wouldn't understand!
What sort of person do you think he is?
"If your parents are eminent, then you're eminent, too!?"
"What sort of person do you think I am?"
You don't understand anything.
That's not true! I do understand!
I'm going to understand.
At least...
Because I...
...want to know everything...
...about what's important to me!
Would you say the same thing...
...even if you knew the true character of the guy...
...which you know nothing about?
True character?
You and I...
All of us have been fooled by that guy!
What... do you mean?
- What do you mean?! - That guy!
He's...
...an unlicensed doctor.
He's an unlicensed doctor.
As my daughter, you should understand this.
What I've done is for both your sake and for his.
A lie...
That's a lie!
"Mikotojima Medical Clinic" Is that right...
Understood.
Yes, yes... Ah, yes, yes.
What is it?
It's trouble. seems Yamanaka-sensei's mother's condition has gotten considerably worse.
Ala...
Well, Director Muraki'll have no choice but to do his best for a little while longer.
And both Aki-chan and Takaoka-kun are gone as well...
Sighing won't help anything.
Well, let's those of us who were left behind do our best! Right?
That quack doctor.
I wonder if he's being called "Young Doctor" over there...
Setsuko-san.
No. That was a slip of the tongue.
Ala? What about your duties?
I'm going out shopping for just that.
Saying that, it's all done for.
"Mikotojima Medical Clinic"
"To me, there just wasn't a place..."
"...I could return to."
"I hadn't given any thought to..."
"...coming back to this island."
"I had thrown it all away."
"Even so..."
"...I..."
"...had come out here."
"Ligature the blood vessels. You know how?"
"Please... Young Doctor."
"Young Doctor, will you be at this medical clinic forever?
"If you've found the appendix... what do you do?"
"Cut it off at the root. Surround it and make it narrower..."
- "...then draw it out!" - "That's right!"
"If you don't do it, this patient will die!"
"Scalpel."
"As long as you personally ask me to do it... will."
"You!"
Thank you...
No.
Whaa, it's true!
- Seriously? - He came flying in.
Eh... Why are you here?
It's not "Why," now is it?
Here, Yukari-chan. Sit down, sit down.
Haven't you gotten a little thinner?
- Have... I? - Yeah.
Hey... Are you okay, Manager?
Ah, Aikawa-kun...
I haven't contacted you in a long time.
- What is it? Eh? - Come... come here a minute.
What is it? What is it?
Have you let the Director know?
Ah, yes, I called him.
And you told him that it's Aikawa-kun who's come, right?
- I told him. - And then?
- "So what," he said. - Eh?
Eh?
Say, say... Look, I told him I'd let everyone on the island know.
- Are you sure about this? - I'll go get the name register.
- Hold on! Hold on there! - What is it?
This... I'm sure there's some reason for this.
Some reason?
I'm sure something's happened over there.
At such times, we shouldn't appear overly curious or anything.
It's true it'd be far better to stop that and not pry too much, wouldn't it?
Wait...
Listen all of you. Be harmless and inoffensive.
- Act natural, natural. - Natural, natural...
Yeah.
Well, I was surprised.
What is it, Setsuko-san?
I... need the restroom.
Wai... wait...
Um, I'm sorry for my sudden appearance.
You don't have to say that.
Ah!
Then, let's drink!
Ah... you've changed your hairstyle, haven't you?
- I haven't changed it. - You haven't?
I haven't changed mine, either.
I haven't changed this.
This is a bother...
Hello there!
Ah, everyone's coming! Okay, let's drink up! There...
Yes!
- Here, Setsuko-san. - Yes.
Ehh... Let's see, then...
- Ah, you've changed hairstyles? - He hasn't!
- Ah! What an incredible watch! - Ah! You're right!
Awesome!
- What kind of home do you have over there? - Oi!
I have... a large apartment.
- An apartment. - Ah, an apartment.
I guess the hospital over there is like that? Tough while being on duty...
Oi!
Oh! Young Doctor!
- Hello! Come in, come in! - Welcome!
It's been too long!
Here, look at this, Young Doctor! Thanks to you, my right leg is totally fine!
Ah... Kinuyo-obaachan!
Young Doctor.
Kinuyo-obaachan.
It's the Young Doctor...
Kinu-san!
Obaa-chan, that isn't a spot to be crying at.
C'mon inside, inside!
Here, thanks for waiting.
Looks delicious!
I'll come back every day for an exam.
Well, doing that would, um...
You won't be able to do that, will you?
Ah... yes.
Well then, since it's been so long, let's party! Party!
- Let's party! - Let's party, right?
Saku-chan, you should be drinking a lot more, too!
Drink up. Today we drink up.
Director!
I've been...
...out of touch for a very long time.
What've ya come fer?
Director.
Just nonchalantly reappearing like this.
I wanna hear why ya've come!
Um, Director. Well, because today is...
...let's drink up. Okay?
- I've quit drinking. - That's true, that's true.
I have some oolong tea. Oolong tea, oolong tea.
But you've quit drinking...
Pour it fer me.
Ah...
Delicious!
Yeah!
Oi, oi! This is boring!
You need to be louder! Right?!
It's because you've drunk too much. Right, right, right?
"Just how long has it been..."
"...since I laughed this much?"
The Director... was very happy, wasn't he?
By the way, that room where you'd been staying at...
...is still just the same.
There hasn't been any other tenants.
Is that right.
"My heart right now..."
"...is so much calmer..."
"...and at rest."
"How long has it been..."
"...since I dreamed, I wonder?"
"I was able to find one!"
"A probe!"
"Perhaps this was meant..."
"...just for a time like this."
"I've..."
"...been waiting for this moment."
What are you doing?!
Are you gonna die like this?!
This place...
This island...
This island is where I and Aki were born and raised.
It may not be much...
...but I love this island.
This place...
...isn't where someone like you can run away to...
Nor where you can come just to kill yourself.
Don't disgrace this island.
Because Aki...
Because Aki, long ago...
...had a lot of pain on this island.
But even so, she didn't come to hate this place.
From back when we were children she was shy...
...clumsy and not very good at telling people her feelings...
But I...
...liked that about her.
I love her.
All those things that were set against you in Tokyo...
...weren't Aki.
I'm the one who did all that.
Even if...
...it wasn't me...
...but someone else she started to like...
"That'll be good for her."
"As long as she's always smiling, that'll be fine."
I've been telling myself those things since long ago.
And yet...
And yet, why did it have to be you?!
Why did you go out of your way to bring her those painful feelings?!
You're...
...not gonna quit being a quack doctor, are you?
In that case...
...I'll put an end to this.
If you can't use this hand any longer...
...you'll have to give it up, won't you?
- Aki! - Takaoka-kun...
Stop!
Don't pull it out!
Takaoka-kun...
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry.
Takaoka-kun!
You mustn't move!
I'm sorry...
Sorry...
"Mikotojima Medical Clinic"
- Hand... - Don't worry. The wound is slight.
Your hand.
Thank goodness...
Aki-chan.
What the? Has Aki-chan come back, too?
On the last ferry today.
Director... I'm very sorry.
I...｡
What is this? That's...
Ya should've shown up a little earlier...
Director!
Everyone was having such fun...
As soon as I take some painkillers, it'll subside right away...
You mustn't move.
- Akiko-san. - Yes.
At the crucial moment... that Yamanaka bastard goes and...
But that guy has really been...
- Don't talk! - Scary...
This is...
I told ya.
I had my appendix taken out back when I was a kid.
- It's very stiff. - Oww...
This is a pain I haven't experienced before.
Now, what do ya do?
Eh?
This is a test.
At a time like this...
What do ya do, Saburo!?
Give you an emergency CT exam.
If that's not possible, perform a laparotomy operation.
Correct answer.
- Call for a Doctor Helicopter. - Yes.
Oi, oi, don't go wimpin' out on me.
Ain't this...
...the long-awaited chance for our genius doctor to do it?
- But, Director... - Don't tell me...
Ya ain't gonna say ya don't have the confidence ta do it, are ya?
- Still... - If ya don't hurry...
...I'm gonna die, right?
How's your injury?
It's fine.
Can I ask you to hand me the instruments?
Yes.
- Let's work together. - Let's work together.
- Scalpel. - Yes.
"Yes, everything..."
"...started from here."
- Hook pin. Electric scalpel. - Yes.
"I was born here..."
- Inserting the hook. - Yes.
"I was raised here..."
"I was given life here."
This is...
An internal hernia.
- I'll remove it surgically. - Yes.
"Even for someone like me..."
"...it's good to be alive..."
Thank you...
I'm sorry...
- ...for everything. - What are ya saying?
I'm the one who should be apologizing to you.
I'm the one...
...who dragged ya down this path.
I'm sorry.
No.
I was...
...charmed by this hand.
For excellent surgeons...
...their hands are so beautiful.
Saburo...
Won't ya come back?
I was in contact with Setsuko-san just now...
...and tentatively explained what happened with the Director.
She said she'll be out here right away.
That's good.
You're going back, aren't you? To Tokyo.
I've realized at last...
...why I returned to this island.
When I'm here...
...I can...
...unconsciously forget those things.
That I am a quack doctor.
That I am a criminal.
I can no longer...
...run away from that.
Thank you very much.
Thank you for your hard work.
I apologize for the troubles I've brought you.
I thought you wouldn't come back any longer.
I haven't forgotten... the words...
...you told me the other time.
"You are not permitted to go back down the staircase."
For me...
...I still haven't...
...gone up that staircase yet.
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.
Finally, to the Final Chapter!
At last! Saburo's Identity is...!
Tasaka General Hospital's Deputy Director Is An Unlicensed Doctor?!