kyumei byoto 24 ji

one of the japanese legendary drama.
since jan 1999 up to jan 2010.
[4 seasons and (3+1) SP].
eguchi yosuke once said he's looking forward to Season 6.
hikhik, eguchi-san... even up to season 10, i'll be waiting.

last week, i was watching season 4 again with my mom. she was so happy and we kept on watching non-stop, finishing the whole drama in one day. hehe, she is a loyal fan of this series, anyway. moreover it's simply bring back memories of her medical career period.

last year, FujiTV did some small exhibition and display as promotion.
to see those posters... natsukashii, isn't it. ^^

for 2009, thanx for early special 4 episodes.. a reunion of nanako with yashima norito, sudo risa, miyasako hiroyuki and inoue mao. i still wish there would be a reunion of nanako/eguchi with matsuyuki yasuko [that female doctor in season 2].. miss her so much!

kyumei byoto 24 ji [24 hours emergency room] is a special and unique drama to me. there's no medical drama could beat this series in term of longevity and rating. seems that FujiTV never re-broadcast or re-run the series. instead, FujiTV used SP [special tanpatsu] to flashback certain episodes, characters or theme from all seasons; in addition of short un-aired or new scenes. 

put aside, Shiroi Kyoto (White Tower) drama by karasawa and eguchi .. because it's a special FujiTV anniversary; re-making project of 1978's drama. put aside Team Batista or Gyne.. because kyumei byoto employed so many specialists which i enjoy various kind of cases and skills, without exaggeration. moreover, up to now.. kyumei byoto still consistent as tv series - not desperately transformed into movie franchise. put aside Jin or Blackjack ni Yoroshiku.. because kyumei byoto not based on manga or novel. put aside Code Blue.. because to me, kyumei byoto series are more logic and realistic. they're pushing efforts towards awareness on medical crisis issues, raising sense of urgency towards policy-maker, and public-educating.

Shindo sensei and Kojima sensei - the two leads already become the icons. kojima sensei was absent in Season 2, [nanako matsushima was just married in feb 2001]. there were two tanpatsu in Season 4. first one were divided into 4 episodes [in the beginning of 2009 season, during eguchi was being hospitalized after motorbike accident] and the second one was in january 2010.

another icon for this series, Dream Comes True who still rules with all those four seasons theme songs. ... anyway, with good lyrics and melody, i believe those theme songs were part of reason why DCT got high points in NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen :)

theme songs by DREAM COMES TRUE

Season One
5.1.1999 to 23.3.1999
Asa Ga Mata Kuru

Season Two
1.7.2001 to 28.9.2001
Itsu no Mani

Season Three
11.1.2005 to 22.3.2005
Nando Demo

Season Four
11.8.2009 to 22.8.2009
Sono Saki e [feat. Fuzzy Control]

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*i re-paste from entry comment:

Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji Season 3. but it was broadcasting in year 2005. Season Three is about a medical rescue during earthquake tragedy. based on research which assumed in future, Japan might get more than high 7-scales great earthquake [again].

so this season was a part of pre-caution program.. and a part of education to public, govt and all emergency rescue teams on how it would looks like... and what should they do in that kind of situation.

no electricity, no water, no food, no communication, no transportation, lack of medical sources, the numbers of patients and death increasing time to time, fires spreading everywhere, buildings and skyscrapers collapsed, psychological and emotional trauma.  

it's also referred to Japan's past experience which same happened at Osaka-Kobe in year 1995.

i guess during that period, there's no drama trying to highlight this issue except Kyumei Byoto drama.

probably, some outsiders [ non-japanese viewers] might commented about "non-logical" scenes here...about the shortages of staff.

honestly, if you think again... it's a real thing that japan's medical system and other countries facing nowadays [not many ordinary people like us realized during that time - if not mistaken, the official japanese medical research papers and surveys done by institutional were widely started exposed around year 2005-2006, i think].

season 3 is just the beginning ~ showing the early sign of medical staff shortage and long-non-stop-working staff [the real crisis in japan now]..  but this shortage issue didn't received much focus in Season 3.

because Mr Director pushed it to the next season's theme which Season Four 2009-2010.

...see, Kyumei Byoto always up-to-date, na :)