Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon is a Japanese medical drama that premiered in October 2012 on TV Asahi. It stars Japanese actress Ryoko Yonekura. The series ran for seven seasons until December 2021, with a total of 69 episodes and one special. It is one of the longest-running medical dramas on Japanese television, notable for its consistent high ratings and enduring popularity throughout its broadcast period. A continuation, Doctor-X: The Movie, was released in 2024.
The show follows Daimon Michiko, a freelance surgeon who works at university hospitals in Japan. Also known as Doctor-X, Daimon is introduced at new hospitals by walking into surgery staff planning review sessions, where the conditions of her work are established. She is depicted as challenging a medical system in crisis, which follows the laws of the jungle. Her trademark line is "I never fail", and she is willing to do high risk surgeries that other surgeons are not, sending those patients elsewhere when they are deemed non-operable. Her success in treating high risk patients is a result of always putting the patient first, prioritizing their health above performing medical firsts or innovative techniques, and to adapt the right surgical methods on the spot when needed. This practice often puts her into conflict with other doctors. Beyond being a surgeon, she also served as a vet, combat surgeon and resort doctor. Daimon is supported by her manager Akira Kanbara and anesthesiologist Hiromi Jōnouchi.
Doctor X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon all 7 series and the movie were in my watch list on Netflix before the Korean remake was added last week. I'm watching it 2 episodes at a time because there are 7 seasons, 70 episode total. Plus the over 2 hour movie. That's a lot to watch.
I'm not into medical dramas, the last one I watched was the 2 or 3 seasons of ER but I love this Japanese series from the first time Michiko came on. She was in a glittery mini skirt and stiletto high heels dancing by herself in a club then a man got sick and she gave her medical opinion which turned out to be true. She, as usual with Japanese characters, is a strange funny person with her sets of rules in order to work in the hospital as a surgeon. As the other characters are introduced, I became addicted to the series. Michiko lives with an elderly man, Akira, who is also her "manager" collecting her salary as a freelance surgeon and gifts the director of the hospital a boxed Japanese melon (those cost hundreds of dollars each BTW). He is very happy when he gets paid always dancing in the air clutching his bag of cash. They play mahjong with 2 other males most nights after her shift ends at 5 P. M. and after a little dancing at the club.
I highly recommend this Japanese dorama.
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