The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei)
Kae
Otsugi
Naomichi
Koriku
Kae's Mother
Okatsu
Kae's Wet Nurse
Sajibei
Ryoan Shimomura
Herbalist
Yonejiro
Kae's Grandfather
Yogen Yuasa
Merchant
Midwife
Narrator (voice)
