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  • The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
  • 99 min | Drama, History
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
99 min | Drama, History

The Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal general anesthetic, "Tsusensan", some forty years ...See moreThe Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal general anesthetic, "Tsusensan", some forty years before the better-known innovations of his American counterparts Long, Wells and Morton. See less
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Updated Oct 28, 1967

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Oct 1970 (United States)
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22 cast members
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Raizô Ichikawa
Seishû 'Unpei' Hanaoka Seishû 'Unpei' Hanaoka   See fewer
Hideko Takamine
Otsugi, Seishû's mother Otsugi, Seishû's mother   See fewer
Yûnosuke Itô
Seishû's father Seishû's father   See fewer
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Saheiji's wife Saheiji's wife   See fewer
Chisako Hara
Okatsu Okatsu   See fewer
Chieko Naniwa
Kae's nanny Kae's nanny   See fewer
Taketoshi Naitô
Saheiji Saheiji   See fewer
Saburô Date
Ryôan Shimomura Ryôan Shimomura   See fewer
Gen Kimura
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Tokio Oki
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Kanae Kobayashi
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Mineko Takagi
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Noboru Taki
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Haruko Sugimura
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
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