Summary 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 before the better-known innovations of his American counterparts Long, Wells and Morton. View more details
Directed : Yasuzô Masumura
Written : Kaneto Shindô Sawako Ariyoshi
Stars : Raizô Ichikawa Yûnosuke Itô Ayako Wakao Hideko Takamine
Genres : Drama History
Release date : Oct 27, 1967
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Daiei
Summary 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 before the better-known innovations of his American counterparts Long, Wells and Morton. View more details
Genres : Drama History
Release date : Oct 27, 1967
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Daiei
