Our Chief, Our Doctor

  • Run time: 95 min
  • Premiere: 1952. February 15.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him the nickname ‘the pork cutlet prince’ (‘Tonkatsu Taisho’, the film’s Japanese title) from the affectionate residents of the tenement in which he lives. When a local hospital, run by a female doctor, plans to expand, the future of the tenement is called into question.

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Art

Seiichirō Sakai

Art Direction

Camera

Toru Nishikawa

Director of Photography

Directing

Sound

Chūji Kinoshita

Original Music Composer

Writing

Tsuneo Tomita

Original Story

Yūzō Kawashima

Screenplay

Art

Seiichirō Sakai

Art Direction

Camera

Toru Nishikawa

Director of Photography

Directing

Sound

Chūji Kinoshita

Original Music Composer

Writing

Tsuneo Tomita

Original Story

Yūzō Kawashima

Screenplay