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Live-Action Dr. Ashura Series Reveals More Cast
posted on by Anita Tai
The staff for the live-action television Dr. Ashura manga announced new cast for the series on Sunday.
The cast includes (top row, left to right):
- Kōsuke Suzuki as Matayoshi Kongō, the eccentric head of surgery
- Atsuro Watabe as Makoto Tamon, Shura's former boss
- Nagisa Katahira as Yuri Agon, Board chairman of the hospital
- Koyuki as Naomi Rokudou, a plastic surgeon returning from the U.S.
- Shirō Sano as Katsuji Fudō, Director of the hospital
- Seiichi Tanabe as Shūji Ōguro, head of the ER
- Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Tarou Bonten, a cardiovascular surgeon from the Touou University Hospital
The series will air on Fuji TV's Wednesday 10:00 p.m. "Shin-Sui 10 Drama) timeslot starting on April 16.
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The manga's story centers on Shura Anno, a talented emergency room doctor who has an unusual desire for life-threatening situations. She does not turn down any patient and she uses every means to save them.
Koshino Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from 2015 to 2016. Nihonbungeisha published three compiled book volumes of the manga. It will also publish a two-volume new edition of the manga on April 11, which includes a special new one-shot story.
Koshino launched his streamed the series as it aired.
Sources: Dr. Ashura series' official website, Comic Natalie
