Hideaki Takizawa is cast in new WOWOW drama series “A Lone Scalpel”

Hideaki Takizawa is cast in new WOWOW drama series “A Lone Scalpel” (literal title). The drama series is based on novel “Kokou no Mesu: Gekai Toma Tetsuhiko“ by Roran Takayama and directed by Akira Uchikata. 2010 film “A Lone Scalpel” starring Shinichi Tsutsumi in the main character role is also based on the same novel. Story for the drama series will follow Tetsuhiko Toma (Hideaki Takizawa) as he attempts the first internal organ transplant surgery in Japan.

“A Lone Scalpel” will first air sometime next year in Japan.