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A Life: Itoshiki Hito (2017)

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A Life: Itoshiki Hito

4 reviews
8/10

Gripping medical melodrama!

  • balletteacher
  • Feb 9, 2025
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Good series ruined by ridiculous ending!

Japanese tv series of 10 episodes about a highly skilled surgeon who is returning to Japan after having worked in the US for 10 years. He meets his old fiance who is a doctor now and working in the same hospital. She is now married to an old friend of him who is the vice director in that same hospital. However this old friend more or less had stolen the fiance by sending the surgeon away to the US. He is a douchebag, a terrible husband and very jealous. So far the story is promising I would say. Japan is a country where honor, values and hierarchy play an important role. In the last episode the male lead's acts are not very believable, the female lead is still naive beyond belief and the lack of punishment for the vice director is laughable. These things make the last episode completely ridiculous and ruined the story. 3 of 10 stars ⭐⭐⭐
  • pactfo
  • Oct 23, 2024
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5/10

This could have been better!

  • janetmoisan
  • Oct 28, 2024
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5/10

I tried. The bizarre music selections ruined it for me

The music did not go along with the drama. It was weird and obtrusive oftentimes overpowering the dialogue. They might have been trying to do ER edgy music, but it didn't fit the slow pace and style of the drama. The music was retro, like 90s style.

Also, the story was centered around one of the doctors who has (I only got to episode 5) a brain tumor. And for some reason, this doctor doesn't seem to know she had a brain scan at some point. Why and how? LOL! Maybe I missed it. Being a doctor, she would have wanted to see the scans and know the results, right?

Anyway, I don't need to keep wasting my time on this. :-(
  • thefontaines-665-273478
  • May 20, 2025
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