The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)

01 Oct 1970 • Drama, History • 1h 39m
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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.

Yasuzô Masumura
Director
Sawako Ariyoshi, Kaneto Shindô
Writer
Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Hideko Takamine
Starring

Language: Japanese
Awards: 1 win
Country: Japan
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7.5

IMDb (199 votes)
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