Sasaki Atsuko Takahata - Masako Azuma Akiko Yada - Saeko Azuma Takeo Nakahara - Professor Funao Takatarō Kataoka - Tomohiro Tsukuda Cast (2019 TV mini-series) Junichi Okada - Goro Zaizen Kenichi Matsuyama - Shuji Satomi Akira Terao - Professor Azuma Erika Sawajiri - Keiko Hanamori Shinnosuke Mitsushima - Masahiro Yanagihara Yutaka Matsushige - Professor Ugai Kaoru Kobayashi - Mataichi Zaizen Kaho - Kyoko Zaizen Rie Mimura - Kimiko Kameyama Mikako Ichikawa - Natsumi Nosaka Ittoku Kishibe - Professor Ōkouchi Toshirō Yanagiba - Yōhei Sasaki Kayoko Kishimoto - Yoshie Sasaki Kōji Mukai - Yōichi Sasaki Reiko Takashima - Masako Azuma Marie Iitoyo - Saeko Azuma Kippei Shiina - Professor Funao Norito Yashima - Tomohiro Tsukuda Takumi Saitoh - Tōru Sekiguchi Ikusaburo Yamazaki - Kōichirō Kunihira Wolfgang Riehm as Dr. Wolf Awards 21st Mainichi Film Award Won: Best Film See also White Tower (TV series), a 2007 South Korean television drama based on the same novel References External links 1965 Japanese novels 1966 films 1978 Japanese television series debuts 2003 Japanese television series debuts 2004 Japanese television series endings 2019 Japanese television series debuts 2019 Japanese television series endings Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners Daiei Film films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto Japanese drama television series Japanese television miniseries 1960s Japanese-language films Medical literature Japanese medical television series Japanese novels adapted into films Novels set in Japan Films with screenplays by Shinobu Hashimoto Films produced by Masaichi Nagata Fuji TV dramas 1960s Japanese films