Our Chief, Our Doctor
MovieTitle | とんかつ大将 |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Feb 15, 1952 |
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Director | Yūzō Kawashima |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Shochiku |
Run time | 95 min. |
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.