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Posted by HPriest TH STAFF Monday, October 3, 2011

Ishihara Satomi is amazed by the set of her new drama special

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The cast of NHK's upcoming drama special "Shimei to Tamashii no Limit", with actress Ishihara Satomi as the protagonist, had a short break from filming to hold a little press conference in the full-blown operating room that was built for the drama.

Aside from the room itself, the team also prepared real medical equipment, including a 80 million Yen (1 million USD) heart-lung machine. Counting all the equipment, the whole set is worth 200 million Yen (2.6 million USD).

Ishihara was especially impressed to be able to work in such an environment. She said, "This is such an amazing set. I'm happy that I'm able to participate in such a wonderful production."

All the reporters were excited to see such a realistic operating room inside the studio of NHK as well. The staff of the studio urged them to be very careful, "Everything in here is real, so you absolutely may not touch or damage anything."

Actor Tachi Hiroshi, who plays a surgeon, joked, "This set is like a religious painting you can only see from a monitor. Only the actors are blessed to see and use the real deal. Well, it's really expensive after all."

"Shimei to Tamashii no Limit" is a thrilling and exciting medical drama based on a novel by Higashino Keigo. Set at the cardiovascular surgery department of a university hospital, it tells the story of a medical intern (Ishihara), who tries to find out the whole truth behind the circumstances that led to the death of her father during a surgical operation. Tachi plays the professor that performed the operation on her father.

Also appearing in the special drama are Hayami Mokomichi as a mysterious engineer who sneaks into the hospital, Kurashina Kana who plays the engineer's girlfriend, and Takashima Reiko who plays the mother of the protagonist.

Ishihara commented with a smile, "I once heard how doctors practice the 'knotting of the thread' and started practicing it myself at home and at work in order to get into my role. When the director saw me doing that, he actually included it as one of the first scenes (in the drama). It feels like all the hard work eventually paid off."

Tachi, on the other hand, put things bluntly and said, "I'm never practicing anything." The whole set was filled with laughter.

NHK is going to air the first episode of "Shimei to Tamashii no Limit" on November 5th and the second on November 12th, both times during the prime time at 9 pm.

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Source + Pictures: eiga.com

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