Ep. 1: Hazama promises to reattach limbs for five million yen amidst 1968 Tokyo University protests
Aired on October 2, 2015
Set in 1968 during student protests at Tokyo University, a severe accident leaves a young boy missing an arm and a leg. Even the surgery professor admits defeat, but Hazama offers to rejoin the boy's limbs if the parents pay five million yen. Desperate for medical help, the parents agree to the exorbitant sum. This episode explores the intersection of youth activism and high-stakes medical ethics, highlighting Hazama's controversial methods and the financial desperation of the family. The narrative focuses on the immediate aftermath of the accident and the subsequent agreement, setting the stage for the complex medical procedure ahead without revealing the outcome.
Episodes
- Ep. 1 · Hazama promises to reattach limbs for five million yen amidst 1968 Tokyo University protests
- Ep. 2 · Hazama and captives face debt clearance through a failed heart transplant scheme
- Ep. 3 · Okamato investigates Hazama's apartment after witnessing his surgical skills firsthand.
- Ep. 4 · Hazama travels to Vietnam to find Yabu, who disappeared a month prior.
- Ep. 5 · Hazama's group pleads with Vietcong captors to treat an injured comrade while their interpreter faces interrogation.