Good Doctor (Japanese Drama)

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  • Drama: Good Doctor
  • Romaji: Guddo Dokuta
  • Japanese: グッド ドクター
  • Director: Hiro Kanai, Hideyuki Aizawa
  • Writer: Yuichi Tokunaga, Haruka Okita
  • Network: Fuji TV
  • Episodes: 10
  • Release Date: July 12 - September 13, 2018
  • Runtime: Thursday 22:00
  • TV Ratings: 11.2%
  • Language: Japanese
  • Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Minato Shindo (Kento Yamazaki) has savant syndrome. His memory is amazing, but he has difficulty communicating with other people.

When Minato Shindo was little, he dreamed of becoming a doctor. He met Doctor Akira Shiga and he wanted to become a paediatric surgeon. Akira Shiga was surprised by the 7-year-old's memory of the human organs and he decided to support Minato Shindo in achieving his dream. Eventually, Minato Shindo graduated from medical school and passed the national exam for medical practitioners.

Now, Akira Shiga works as a director at a large hospital. He suggests to Minato Shindo to work in the pediatric surgery department at the hospital where he works.

Notes

  1. "Good Doctor" takes over Fuji TV's Thursday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "The Count of Monte-Cristo: Great Revenge" and followed by "Like Shooting Stars In The Twilight" on October 11, 2019.
  2. Remake of 2013 KBS2 drama series "Good Doctor."

Cast

Good Doctor-Kento Yamazaki.jpg Good Doctor-Juri Ueno.jpg Good Doctor-Naohito Fujiki.jpg Good Doctor-Akira Emoto.jpg
Kento Yamazaki Juri Ueno Naohito Fujiki Akira Emoto
Minato Shindo Natsumi Seto Seiji Takayama Akira Shiga
Good Doctor-Itsuji Itao.jpg Good Doctor-Yuri Nakamura.jpg Good Doctor-Shigeyuki Totsugi.jpg Good Doctor-Kenta Hamano.jpg
Itsuji Itao Yuri Nakamura Shigeyuki Totsugi Kenta Hamano
Ryunosuke Inoguchi Michi Togo Keisuke Mamiya Taro Hashiguchi

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Episode Ratings

Episode Date Ratings
(Kanto Region)
01 07/12/2018 11.5%
02 07/19/2018 10.6%
03 07/26/2018 11.6%
04 08/02/2018 10.6%
05 08/09/2018 12.2%
06 08/16/2018 10.8%
07 08/23/2018 13.0%
08 08/30/2018 9.4%
09 09/06/2018 10.2%
10 09/13/2018 12.4%
Average 11.2%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

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Jenny All I enjoyed this show more than the English version. It is well planned. Wish there was a second season.

Anshika As an autistic person this was an aweful portrayal of autism, if you want decent portrayal of autism watch this Indian movie called my name is khan

JY Oh I suddenly think about the adapatation of Freddie Highmore's Good Doctor. Not bad and this portrayed by Kento Yamazaki? Not surprising if he did well :o

KURO 2021... still waiting the sequel. onegashimasu~

YoYo I lost count of how many times I've watched this dorama. The stories easily make me cried and the acting is also so good, wish this dorama could be longer, but still I really love this

Tara Why does only me think that Kento Hayashi is also perfect of playing as Minato but Kento Yamazaki is also a great actor

filomena ribeiro Kento Yamazaki is a great actor. He never desapoints me. The other actors and actress were also very good, very natural. I cry easly and theese stories made me crying. The only thing I did not like was that in the begining they treated Dr. Shindo very bad using violence making him fall and get hurt and that was a doctor . very bad actitude. In Europe you can not do that at all.

jn korean version + japanese version = american version

Ira I know that this is an adaptation of korean drama, but damn Japanese always know how to make a better version of this. Credit to all of the casts love this drama so much

Chilchil Is it wrong that the Korean version had romance between the two lead ? I think the love story is beautiful and warm

iidYanie This dorama has seriously melt my heart, every time i hold back my emotions not to cry but it still happens from Eps 1-10, lol! Very recomended dorama. Can't wait to watch if there really have a sequel , btw i'm Indonesian fans ;)

tasfiah tarannum couldnt thanks this show more!!!!! I love it I love it i love it I love it!!!!!!!! thank you so much i literally watched this whole show in a SINGLE day!! it captivated me so hard that it wasnt possible for me to pause it !!!!keep makind such beautiful dramas! (> <)!!!!!!

AKARI This dorama really needs a sequel or SP!!

Anyway, congratulation for Kento and Juri for winning Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress in 98th Television Drama Academy Awards. As for Kento, his outstanding portrayal of Shindo Minato made him No. 1 in all three voter groups (viewers, TV journalists and special judges groups).

Lastly, if you like a simple beautiful heartwarming slice of life J-dorama, you will love this version ♥

watasiwamy im curious as to who's this Hayama Hibiki kid as well as the soprano boy (in i-dont-remember which episode)? does anyone know his real name? i mean he's too way cute and handsome!!!!

Ijanaika Kento did great on this drama. His really turning into a very diverse actor. Am I the only one who noticed that in this drama seem like they make kento's brother love him so much. (Not compare to the Kdrama, if you have watched it already) though they did not add the bunny part because I think his brother dying and protecting him as his very last breath is convincing enough. Japan are really the best to this kind of drama. Additional to the best medical movies like Doctor X and Code Blue. Clap, clap!

Asap At first I was afraid that this remake is gonna failed like signal (japan) since the korean version was really good. But after watch it, I really love it. They successfully make their own version. Less drama and more emotional. I love the casts and their acting. They also deliver the storyline beautifully. Maybe because the genre is close to existing Jdrama.

badiya dz i dont care if its a remake, because for me this drama is just PERFECT! not romantic too much, amazing cast, amazing stories and MORALS! veryyyyyyyyy emotional yesss! i cry in all episodes, hope it won't be short :' (:'( :'( arigatooooooooooo minato, takayama and seto, daisukiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

macchiatto Thank you to make this series not to be so much drama and romantic. Thanks to make it more into medical things and goodhearted stories. I love it. Appreciate to this series

Izzu AKARI's comment was well written, I'm not sure what else to add. Well, to be frank... I just LOVE this adaptation. It's ridiculous how anyone would say that anyone in this drama had performed badly. And as far as adaptations of Good Doctor goes, this jdrama did pretty well to the spirit of the original. Much better than the US adaptation which I still felt that it's lacking the spirit of what made Park Sion/Shindo Minato's character an endearing one.

Precious Well-said AKARI san.

Precious AKARI san Well-said.

AKARI Congratulation Good Doctor for two digits rating for FujiTV 木10 in 4 consecutive weeks for the first time in 4 years!!!.

All main casts, all guest stars (parents and children roles), all of them are amazing! Even Miura Haruma and Ai Otsuka praise the casts (esp Kento and Juri acting skills).

According to the correlation chart, Shindo Sensei (Kento) loves Natsumi Sensei (Juri), but Natsumi Sensei only think of him as lil'bro, so im still wondering if they will be a lover like the original Kdrama. Imo the Japanese ver will focusing more into Shindo's social development as a doctor with ASD and Savant synd, also patient-parent emotion sides (at least thats what i saw from ep 1-4).

And....about Kento's acting skills, if you read on twitter, many parents/social workers with ASD child said that Kento's acting and gesture is spot on and so genuine (please remember that autism symptoms are different in every person, and Kento, with the help of the medical supervisors, producer and director choose this kind of autism).

Fyi, this dorama have medical supervisors (medical professors for the medical sides and psychiatrist for ASD sides, he worked with ATARU before), so i believe that everything we see so far on screen already approved by them (one of the supervisor said in one of interview, that he often changed the medical term dialogue into another difficult term, but Kento, Juri and Naohito always did it smoothly).

So...if the experts already say ok, i cant say otherwise ?

Yosi One of the best asian series this year so far. Full of emotion with solid story plot. Actors are great especially Kento Yamazaki. I will definitely finish this series. Highly recommended. :)

Levi ice As i thought everyone is raving about his 'acting, am I the only one who is not impressed with Kento's acting in this, I thought the first episode was not his best but convincing enough but he lost me in second, I thought he would get better with each episode turned out he just lost control and started overdoing it.

Neen I watch first ep and Kento really did a good job!

Black star I thought Asami Mizukawa as michi togo

122am I cried a f***ing lot while watching the first ep.

I'm a huge Yamaken fan, even though I'm much older than him.

Though I was drawn initially by his handsome face, I could feel from his projects his intense talent.

Say what you will about how he gets all the pretty face live action shoujo roles.

The beautiful face is just a bonus on his excellent acting. Just give it a watch if you don't believe it.

Kamp I don't understand why most Japanese dramas are awful. Japanese movies are one of the best in the world. It's frustrating. 8 to 10 episodes is normal but unrealistic. I feel like watching a compressed version of the Korean one.

Vangie Kento is finally testing his limits. After watching kiss that kills, I thought he really had improved so I was quite surprised after seeing this drama in dramanice today. I had to check to see if the lead I'm seeing on the poster is really my Kento. And wah! It really is him. He's working real hard to move away from his school boy roles. Btw, the drama is available in dramanice. Eng sub. Welcome

Kento go go go This is a remake of Korean drama right? I watch that korean drama's 1st episode but it felt different from this version. I never watched Kento's drama and feel so sorry for him. He acts really good. Very very good.

Haru Kento cast in LA: he always choose same role. Kento cast in drama: why he is everywhere. LOL I get used with that in every related kento news so i just laugh. If you follow jdrama or movie news you will know that he isn't everywhere. I am glad in 2018 kento focus in drama with different role *please no high school role anymore ?

Tbh, I had low expectations about this drama but after watch the 1st episode wow Kento acting si so good, even japanese netizen shock with his acting in this drama *sobs*. Of course the supporting casts, writer and director plays important role for this drama.

Please prepare tissu before watch this drama guys

coco OMG, no one in Japan get tired with him already? I mean he's good actor indeed, but doesn't mean there are no young good male actor anymore in Japan right? For For two seasons (Winter and Spring), and then Summer, he appeared on several dramas. I think he got several roles on movie as well. Agency can be so mean, sometimes the only pour all their attention to their 'golden child' whereas they already have a handful of actors. They suck the actor until it dried instead of maintaining them to stay green and glowing.

s Can't wait to watch this, another two days to go. I really love Yamazaki Kento and Ueno Juri

Zakiyama Luv Chill people it's not like Kento is powerful enough to demand these

Directors to cast him in their dramas/movies, the actual reason he is casted by directors. He works hard and directors know his talents. That's why Kento get important roles to play as his job

I watched Good Doctor KR version twice, Yep I'm a huge fan of Joowon and Good Doctor is one of his significant characters.

I know Kento will do a great job, Not because he is just a pretty face but that guy works hard that's why he get all these offers.

kawaii onna @Landon.K Kento doesn't have to do that! Your idol is supposed to work better, so he/she can get more offers.

Landon.K No one is saying Kento is not a good actor. It's just that he always get the best drama or movies, especially the adaption from famous manga and animes. They should have given other actor a chance. His fans love him, sure. But we need to see new faces other than him for once.

Kaze @Yasushi agree

Yasushi @Jalibiebrr Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto is definitely NOT the best drama out there. There are tonnes of other drama that are better in terms of plot as well as actors.

I just wish the actors in this version would do a proper job of handling the characters well. That's all I ask for.

Summer Give justice to this drama please. I love Joo Won and their original version. Frederick Highmore was really good as well w/ the US version though their attack with the drama was quite different since they have different audiences in the US. Looking forward to see this drama sson. :)

Summer Juri Ueno’s finally back! Can’t wait for this.

Jalibiebrr Dude, the cast are lit!!! And if YamaKen doesn't deserve to be one of the cast members, you might want to his other drama. He's definitely not just for movies and adaptations.

Sukina Hito ga Iru Koto is one of the best drama out there. Go watch it if you haven't.

Tara Seems promising, can't wait for ueno juri and fujiki naohito.

Sia He isn't everywhere !! And for ppl saying so move on !! Previously yo said that he is trying the same kind of shoujo prince roles and now yo complain abt him being everywhere ??

Yo go sweety !! There is no stopping yo anymore !! Lots of love !! ❤❤❤

Haters stay away !!

nemnem Oh no! They should have give the lead role to Mackenyu Arata or Ryoma Takeuchi which are more good actors than Kento.

Kento is good on manga adaptations but i doubt he can deliver on this.

I've watched his last drama Kiss that Kills and his annoying and I can't sympathize w/ his character.

Panda People kept saying he's everywhere so i thought he was but nah, the list of dramas and movies aren't that long though?

Also he made fun of that in the Psychic Kusuo trailer XD XD "everyone, you might be thinking is it Yamzaki Kento again?" XD....

he wouldn't get the job if he was terrible lol XD

Shin I know Kento is a good actor... but I'm kinda sick of seeing him everywhere. Give some other actors a chance for god sake. How come he gets every role?

mia Ueno Juri is back!

glantz juri ueno? i'm in !

Karenktq Can't wait to see the chemistry of these 3 actors!! Couldn't be more satisfied with the casting ❤️

Sia Is ueno juri the female lead ??

Doram Ueno Juri is starring in this one too. Can't wait to watch it!!!!✨

CNM Korean version of the Good Doctor was the best so far! USA version was mediocre, no where close to the Korean version!

Will have to watch the Japanese take on the storyline to see which version is the best!

e_rose So excited to see you in this drama, Kento kun. I know you can do it senpai.

Yoshi I dont think he can do it. Joowon played the character so well, it makes me cant believe yamaken can do the same. But well... I am still gonna watch it.

Fauzan Hendry stiawan Woaaahhhhhh........ Remake #loveeyes

Kyjfan Finally getting a different role other than the high school stuff! Lol as much as I like him he's had the same role in most of his dramas and movies! This shall be a stark difference and I hope he can pull it off as I loved the Korean version

Yasushi This will be a challenging role. If he pulls this off, I'll admit he is a good actor.

jenny kentooooooooo love you so much so excited <333333 fighting

jenny yesssss feeling so excited i love you so much kentoooooo <3 fighting fighting fighting <3 love from mongolia kiss2

Alia Alaa Ok I'm definitely watching this

Lori I've seen him everywhere nowadays but i ain't complaining lol. At first i thought he's just a pretty face but after watching some of his movies/dramas, he really can act with different character. Hope he does justice with this character too.

Precious YAY! Can`t wait to watch his new Jdorama, looking forward. Ganbatte Yamaken.


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