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 Gorō Zaizen

Eijirō Tōno
as Professor Teizō Azuma

Takahiro Tamura
as Shūji Satomi

Eitarō Ozawa
as Professor Masayuki Ugai

Eiji Funakoshi
as Professor Noboru Kikukawa

Osamu Takizawa
as Professor Funao

Shiho Fujimura
as Saeko Azuma

Mayumi Ogawa
as Keiko Hanamori

Teruko Kishi
as Masako Azuma

Yoshi Katō
as Professor Ōkōchi