Iryu Team Medical Dragon: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ryutaro Asada was the chief surgeon of Team Medical Dragon, a globally active emergency medical care team that worked in refugee camps. After his return to Japan, this amazingly talented surgeon starts work at a university hospital, where he uncovers one case of corruption after another and takes on a lot of powerful contenders in this heroic drama. The struggles between the hospital and the patients, the infighting among the hospital staff, and the patients who get involved in those struggles are all depicted in a realistic manner in a drama that has an overwhelming feeling of speed. Here's a human drama depicting a thrilling battle between life and death, a totally new, outstanding form of entertainment.

Series details

• Title: Iryu Team Medical Dragon
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Medical
• Premiere date: 2006-04-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-03-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37431
• TVDB ID: 82347

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-04-13; final listed air date 2006-06-29.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-10-11; final listed air date 2007-12-20.
• Season 3: premiered 2010-10-14; final listed air date 2010-12-16.
• Season 4: premiered 2014-01-09; final listed air date 2014-03-20.

Source and licence

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