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Good Doctor (グッドドクター, Guddo Dokuta) is a Japanese medical drama remake of the 2013 South Korean television series of the same name, about a person on the autism spectrum who becomes a pediatric surgeon. It aired on Thursdays at 22:00 (JST) from July 12 to September 13, 2018 on Fuji TV, and starred Kento Yamazaki, Juri Ueno, and Naohito Fujiki.[1]
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グッド ドクター | |
Genre | Medical drama |
Based on | Good Doctor by Park Jae-bum |
Developed by | Fuji TV |
Written by | Yuichi Tokunaga Haruka Okita |
Directed by | Hiro Kanai Hideyuki Aizawa |
Starring | Kento Yamazaki Juri Ueno Naohito Fujiki |
Ending theme | Hikari by Androp |
Composer | Masahiro Tokuda |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Producers | Fujino Ryota Kinjo Ayaka |
Production location | Japan |
Production company | Fuji TV Drama Production Center |
Original release | |
Network | Fuji TV |
Release | July 12 – September 13, 2018 |
Related | |
Good Doctor The Good Doctor |
Minato Shindo (Kento Yamazaki) is autistic with savant syndrome. He has an amazing memory and keen spatial skills, but he finds it difficult to communicate with others. Minato aspires to become a doctor because his older brother died when they were young. He later meets doctor Akira Shiga (Akira Emoto) and amazes him with his ability to remember all the human organs at a young age. Doctor Akira decides to support Minato and with his recommendation, Minato eventually enters the world of pediatric surgery as a resident.
On May 26, Fuji TV first announced that they would make an adaptation of Good Doctor with Kento Yamazaki as the lead actor.[2][3] Several days later, other supporting cast members were announced.[4][5]
A special screening of the first episode was held on July 8, 2018, with three of the main leads in attendance.[6]
Filming began around June 17, 2018.[7]
Good Doctor received good ratings, with its first airing at 11.5%, the highest rating for its time slot in the last 2 years.[8]
Episode | Broadcast Date | Ratings(%) (Kanto Region) | Ref. |
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01 | July 12, 2018 | 11.5% | [9] |
02 | July 19, 2018 | 10.6% | [10] |
03 | July 26, 2018 | 11.6% | [11] |
04 | August 2, 2018 | 10.6% | [12] |
05 | August 9, 2018 | 12.2% | [13] |
06 | August 16, 2018 | 10.8% | [14] |
07 | August 23, 2018 | 13.0% | [15] |
08 | August 30, 2018 | 9.4% | [16] |
09 | September 6, 2018 | 10.2% | [17] |
10 | September 13, 2018 | 12.4% | [18] |
Average | 11.2% |
Starting on July 21, 2018, the drama aired on WakuWaku Japan in Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, and Vietnam, on Saturdays at 21:00 (SGP), 20:00 (JKT).[19]
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