Leave It To The Nurses: Film Facts

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/SCREENWRITER:

A graduate of Meiji University, Kazuyuki Morosawa entered Nikkatsu Studios where he served as assistant director in over 30 films before eventually directing and producing hit TV dramas such as "Leave it to the Nurses" and "Tales of the Unusual." Morosawa also exhibited is writing skills with the TV dramas, "Flat Broke" and "Aji Ichimonme." He then consolidated his diverse talents by writing, directing and producing the movie "Keep on Rockin'", and has continued in that same capacity with the much anticipated, "Leave it to the Nurses".

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CHARACTER BACKGROUND:

Alisa Mizuki (Izumi Asakura)
The world's most fumbling nurse. Had rosy dreams of her marriage to Dr. Takasugi.

Yuki Matsushita (Shoko Ozaki)
Head nurse and Izumi's direct superior. Was a prime candidate for Chief Nurse.

Uno Kanda (Madoka Akagi)
Together with her overseer, Izumi, always seems to be getting into trouble.

Naohito Fujiki (Kentaro Takasugi)
Izumi's husband and aspiring young surgeon just back from serving an internship in the United States.

Yoshizumi Ishihara (Yuichi Hamano)
Husband of Saeko Oshima (below) and filling in as top surgeon in charge of the medical staff while Chief Surgeon Sawada is away in America.

Sachiko Kokubu (Mayumi Uehara)
Mid-level nurse who joined the hospital with Izumi. Desperately seeks a boyfriend.

Kohki Okada (Ryutaro Mizushima)
Izumi's former beau. Talented surgeon on the organ transplant team.

Kazue Ito (Saeko Oshima)
Veteran nurse vying with Shoko for the position of Chief Nurse. Nine months pregnant, too.

Kazuko Yoshiyuki (Masako Nemoto)
Former Chief Nurse who now teaches at a nursing academy.

Udo Suzuki (Tsuyoshi Saruwatari)
Former patient who seizes control of the nurse's station with a machine gun.

Toshie Negishi (Toshiko Yaguchi)
Newly-appointed Chief Nurse who continually clashes with Shoko (above).

Ryuji Harada (Soichiro Okita)
A handsome and good-natured patient about to have an organ transplant.

Keizo Kanie (Detective Kumano)
A cop facing retirement who is sent in to handle the hostage situation.

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THE SECRET TO THE PROGRAM'S SUCCESS:
A nurse's station is a closely-knit, predominantly female work place where interpersonal relationships, sense of professional duty, desire to balance work and private lives, as well as age-old issues of love, marriage and parenting all mix and clash. Many of the issues these nurses face are no different than those encountered by a lot of working women today. And although "I am a Nurse" is intended to be a fun-packed, romantic comedy, the themes and issues it deals with are real, and are treated with sincerity. The nurses in this story, beginning with Izumi Asakura (played by Alisa Mizuki), are no strangers to pain and suffering, but their ability to confront challenges with cheer and optimism is perhaps what has endeared them and the series to so many Japanese women.
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WHAT IS "LEAVE IT TO THE NURSES"?
The hit TV mini-series "Leave it to the Nurses" first aired in 1996 to viewer ratings of 17.2%. Its immense popularity prompted a sequel, called "Part 2", in 1997, which proceeded to outperform the original with average ratings of 19.2%. Then, from April to September of 2000, "Part 3" was aired, this time as a 6-month series (as opposed to the standard 3-months for a mini-series). Once again, it garnered an average 19.2% share of the television audience. The series' popularity cut across several age groups, including the so-called F1 and F2 categories (women between 20 and 49 years of age) as well as the "under 20 bracket", proving itself first-rate entertainment with a broad base of support.
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