Last Hope

3 DVD

Title: ラストホープ
Title (romaji): Last Hope
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Medical suspense drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 10.6% (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2013-Jan-15 to 2013-Mar-26
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Calling by Arashi

Synopsis
Inspired by the works of Nobel Prize winner Yamanaka Shinya, comes a medical suspense drama that focuses on the cutting-edge medical technology. Set in the infamous Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation hospital (IBRI), it tells the story of a medical team, that is made up of doctors from different fields of expertise, age-group and career aspirations. They are the last hope for all the terminally ill patients who are sent there. "What does it mean to live?", "What does it mean to save a patient?" and "How far is one supposed to go in the name of medical care?". These are the questions that trouble the team, as they slowly grow as an individual and as a team, helping each other overcome their complexes and their past.
Hatano Takumi is a qualified GP, and had thought of taking over his father's family practise. However, his father has other plans for him, and recommended him to join IBRI instead. Takumi is excellent at diagnosing a patient's illness, but he is considered an eccentric, due to his habit of dropping everything to have a snack on-the-dot at 3 o'clock. Unbeknownst to himself, he actually carries a secret from when he was a kid. When that secret is exposed, what will happen to Takumi? -- Fuji TV

Cast
Aiba Masaki as Hatano Takumi
Ishibashi Itsuki (石橋樹) as 14-year old Takumi (ep1,8)
Fujimoto Hiru (藤本飛龍) as 10-year old Takumi (ep4)
Suda Eita (須田瑛斗) as 6-year old Takumi (ep3)
Sekiguchi Tsugi (関口在) as 2-year old Takumi (ep1,4,10-11)
Tabe Mikako as Tachibana Ayumi/ Aitani Kiko
Takechi Emi (武智恵美) as young Kiko (ep5,11)
Tanabe Seiichi as Takagi Junji
Koike Eiko as Ogiwara Yukiyo
Yamaya Kasumi as young Yukiyo (ep3)
Kitamura Yukiya as Soejima Masaomi
Goto Ryota (後藤亮太) as young Masaomi (ep1,6)
Sakuraba Nanami as Tokita Maki
Sugawara Daikichi as Kuramoto Shigeru
Maeda Aki as Uda Tomoko
Eguchi Noriko as Imai Mai
Kamio Yu as Saito Kenji
Kirishima Reika as Saito Hitomi
Hirata Mitsuru as Hatano Kunio
Takashima Masahiro as Naruse Tetsuji
Kohinata Fumiyo as Komaki Toshiaki