A Lone Scalpel(2019)

A Lone Scalpel is a Japanese medical drama following Tetsuhiko Toma, an American-trained surgeon who returns to practice at a private hospital in rural Japan. Driven by the conviction that quality care should be available everywhere, Toma tackles complex surgeries and fights to save lives others have given up on. When he attempts Japan's first internal organ transplant, he collides with a rigid healthcare system determined to stop him. The series explores the tension between medical innovation and institutional resistance, as Toma's idealism meets the harsh realities of bureaucracy and limited resources in the countryside.