Pandora

Pandora

2008 · 4 seasons · 29 eps · ★ 6.6 · Drama, Crime, Mystery

Returning Series

Suzuki is an eccentric at university hospital who has been conducting a research to come up with a miracle drug for cancer on his own. One day, Suzuki finally succeeds in developing a new type of anticancer drug that completely hinders the self-renewal of all cancer stem cells. However, his colleagues do not seem to share his excitement, and he is not even allowed to carry out clinical trial on humans. Suzuki is disheartened and completely at a loss by this but then he comes across a girl, Manami, who is suffering from terminal cancer. With help from her, he successfully carries out clinical trial. Yet, things take an unexpected turn. What will become of Suzuki, Manami and all the others around them? What is the fate of this new drug? Pandora's box released all the evils as soon as it was opened. What is it that is ultimately left inside?

Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu · Written by Yumiko Inoue

Network: WOWOW Prime

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Cast

Hiroshi Mikami Suzuki Hideki
Toshiro Yanagiba Matoba Shinichi
Manami Konishi Iida Sayoko
Mitsuki Tanimura Mizuno Aimi
Mitsuru Hirata Tomota Shogo
Koji Yamamoto Tachikawa Haruo
Michiko Kichise Katsura Hitomi
Takehiko Ono Fukami Jinichiro
Jun Kunimura Otaguro Shigeyuki
Misa Uehara Kadowaki Chika

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