Doctor's Day Off

Doctor's Day Off

1952 · 97 min · ★ 6.8

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical emergency, followed by a woman who claims to have been molested. Then a yakuza arrives to ask the doctor to cut his finger off...

Directed by Minoru Shibuya · Written by Ryōsuke Saitō

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