The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
01 Oct 1970 • Drama, History • 1h 39m
The Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal general anesthetic, "Tsusensan", some forty years before the better-known innovations of his American counterparts Long, Wells and Morton.
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Japanese
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Japan
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