Our Chief, Our Doctor

· 1952

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.

Starring

Tsuneo Tomita, Tsuneo Tomita, Shūji Sano, Yūzō Kawashima, Etsuko Miyama, Yūzō Kawashima, Yūzō Kawashima, Keiko Tsushima, Rieko Sumi, Chūji Kinoshita, Chūji Kinoshita, Seiichirô Sakai, Toru Nishikawa, Teiji Takahashi

Director

Yūzō Kawashima