Top Knife
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- Drama: Top Knife
- Romaji: Top Knife: Tensai Nougekai no Joken
- Japanese: トップナイフ ―天才脳外科医の条件―
- Director: Kyoji Otsuka, Noriyoshi Sakuma, Yoshinori Shigeyama
- Writer: Koji Hayashi (novel & screenplay)
- Network: NTV
- Episodes: 10
- Release Date: January 11 - March 14, 2020
- Runtime: Saturday 22:00 - 22:54
- Genre: Medical
- TV Ratings: 11.3%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Yoko Miyama (Yuki Amami) works as a doctor at Touto Hospital. She specializes in brain aneurysms in the neurosurgery department. She is a good doctor, aware of her responsibilities and importance of her work. She places the patients' life at the top of her priorities. Yoko Miyama becomes involved with her colleagues, including Kengo Kuroiwa, Sachiko Kozukue, and Takuma Nishigoori. Meanwhile, she suffers from guilt for abandoning her family.
Notes
- "Top Knife" takes over NTV's Saturday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "If Talking Paid" and followed by "Detective Novice" on June 27, 2020.
- Based on novel "Top Knife" by Koji Hayashi (published December, 2019 by Kawade Bunko).
Cast
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| Yuki Amami | Kippei Shiina | Alice Hirose | Kento Nagayama | Yuta Furukawa |
| Yoko Miyama | Kengo Kuroiwa | Sachiko Kozukue | Takuma Nishigori | Tatsuya Kijima |
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| Seiji Fukushi | Misato Morita | Izumi Fujimoto | Mayu Miyamoto | Tomokazu Miura |
| Go Inukai | Marin Ozawa | Aiko Fushimi | Shizuka Tamai | Takao Imadegawa |
Additional Cast Members:
- Akira Ohashi - Naoto Oda
- Hiyori Sakurada - Mami Sawashiro
- Kiara Minegishi - Tamotsu Tanabe
- Daisaku Nishino - Sho Shirota
- Keiko Horiuchi - Midori Takuma (ep.1)
- Satoshi Nikaido - Hiroshi Takuma (ep.1)
- Rine Tanaka - Miku Takuma (ep.1)
- Erika Osanai - Mari Ueno (ep.1)
- Mari Hamada - Kazuko Kuwabara (ep.2)
- Wakana Matsumoto - Yukari Makiba (ep.2)
- Chika Uchida - Miyuki Tanabe (ep.2,9)
- Masayuki Ito - Shigeru Kuwabara (ep.2)
- Toko Miura - Chiharu Yamada (ep.2,4-5)
- Narushi Ikeda - Ichiro Kanbe (ep.3)
- Yuta Kanai - Shinjiro Akasaka (ep.3)
- Mantaro Koichi - Shinichi Sawashiro (ep.3-4,7-8,10)
- Mie Nakao - Kiwako Yamada (ep.3-5)
- Chiho Fujii - Yuri (ep.3)
- Yuumi Kawai - Yuko Kanbe (ep.3)
- Hirotaro Honda - Kiyoshi Yamaguchi (ep.4)
- Toshiki Ayata - Tadashi Uchida (ep.4)
- Halo Asada - Mami Sawashiro (young - ep.4)
- Hayato Kakizawa - Yuki Kageura (ep.5)
- Ayaka Onishi - Marie Negishi (ep.5)
- Fukiko Hara - Satoko Ohara (ep.5)
- Tomonori Mizuno - Forensic Officer Okubo (ep.5)
- Hiroshi Yamamoto - Takuji Osawa (ep.6)
- Show Kasamatsu - Tamotsu Harada (ep.6)
- Mikako Yoshida - Sayomi Kimoto (ep.6)
- Ryunosuke Abe - Anan (ep.6)
- Sachie Hara - Shoko Takino (ep.7)
- Narumi Kayashima - Hanai (ep.7)
- Ryo Kimura - Ikeya (ep.7)
- Atom Shukugawa - Nishikawa (ep.7)
- Miki Sakai - Kaoru Sawashiro (ep.7-8,10)
- Yutaka Shimizu - Kensuke Matsuki (ep.7)
- Akio Kaneda - Yoichi Maekawa (ep.7-8)
- Hideko Hara - Junko Maekawa (ep.7-8)
- Narimi Arimori - Satomi Imadegawa (ep.8-10)
- Yuki Katayama - blue dress girl (ep.8)
- Kunio Murai - Maezono (ep.9)
- Tsurutaro Kataoka - himself (ep.9)
- Shinji Rokkaku - private detective (ep.9)
- Anne Suzuki - Yoshimi Soeno (ep.9-10)
- Kanau Tanaka - Akira Soeno (ep.9-10)
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
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| 01 | 01/11/2020 | 13.0% |
| 02 | 01/18/2020 | 12.4% |
| 03 | 01/25/2020 | 12.9% |
| 04 | 02/01/2020 | 10.6% |
| 05 | 02/08/2020 | 9.1% |
| 06 | 02/15/2020 | 10.1% |
| 07 | 02/22/2020 | 10.6% |
| 08 | 02/29/2020 | 11.0% |
| 09 | 03/07/2020 | 11.4% |
| 10 | 03/14/2020 | 11.6% |
| Average | 11.3% | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
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Ichi Nov 05 2019 6:35 pm Wow. Not even published but it already has a TV adaptation.