The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.

Jirō Tamiya
as Goro Zaizen

Eijirō Tōno
as

Takahiro Tamura
as

Eitarō Ozawa
as

Eiji Funakoshi
as

Osamu Takizawa
as

Shiho Fujimura
as

Mayumi Ogawa
as

Teruko Kishi
as

Yoshi Katō
as