is a 1992 Japanese film directed by

Seijirō Kōyama (born 16 July 1941) is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Gifu Prefecture, Kōyama attended Nihon University but quit midway to join the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai, where he worked as an assistant director under suc ...

. It is about the Japanese scientist

Hideyo Noguchi , also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who in 1911 discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease. Early life Noguchi Hideyo whose childhood name was Seisaku Noguchi was born to a family of farme ...

. It is based on two

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s, ''Tōki Rakujitsu'' written by Junichi Watanabe and ''Noguchi no haha: Noguchi Hideo Monogatari'' written by

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. The screenplay was written by Kaneto Shindō. It stars

Hiroshi Mikami is a Japanese actor. He starred in the musical ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' in 2004. Hiroshi Mikami grew up in the 1960s with a family that was closely related to the entertainment industry with his mother ...

Cast

* Yoshiko Mita - Shika Noguchi *

- Noguchi *

Tatsuya Nakadai is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including '' The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus '' Harakiri'', '' Samurai Rebellion'' and '' Kwaidan''. Nakada ...

- Kobayashi * Riho Makise - Yoneko Yamauchi *

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- Ryutaro * Choichiro Kawarasaki * Shingo Yamashiro - Watanabe *

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* Masumi Harukawa *

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- Mary

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* 1992 films Shochiku films Films directed by Seijirō Kōyama Films set in the Taishō period 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub