Good Doctor: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Minato Shindo is autistic and has savant syndrome. He has an amazing memory but he has difficulty communicating with other people. When he was a kid, Minato aspired to become a doctor. One day he met with Doctor Akira Shiga and amazed him by his ability to remember all the human organs at a young age. Doctor Akira committed to support Minato and upon the recommendation from him, Minato eventually enters the world of pediatric surgery as a resident.

Series details

• Title: Good Doctor
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Medical
• Premiere date: 2018-07-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-09-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 46 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37907
• IMDb ID: tt8696314
• TVDB ID: 348149

Cast and credited roles

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

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-07-12; final listed air date 2018-09-13; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-09-24; final listed air date 2018-09-24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Good Doctor on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.