A story set in the mid-1800's about a young doctor who has been trained in Western-style medicine and a young samurai who is trying to live up to the old traditions of his class and culture. The story is actually based upon real people - the doctor, Ryo-an, was Tezuka's great grandfather.
The manga series was adapted to anime by Madhouse Studios and premiered in Japan on NTV on April 4, 2000.
Genre: Animation, Drama, War & Politics
Stars: Koichi Yamadera, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Rica Matsumoto, Fumiko Orikasa, Ichiro Nagai, Rokuro Naya
Crew: Osamu Tezuka, Katsuyoshi Kanemura, Noriyuki Fukuda, Naoko Kodama, Akihiko Yamashita
Country: JP
Studio: Nippon TV
Runtime: 30:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Apr 04, 2000
Last air date: Sep 19, 2000
Episode: 25 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 2
