In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
When a self-centered doctor is diagnosed with cancer, he becomes better able to empathize with his patients and appreciate a life outside his career.
A young doctor goes to unconscionable extremes in order to remain in the service of a female patient with a kidney disorder.
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. Charlie takes the chance, but he must adjust emotionally when a laboratory experiment raises his IQ to amazing levels.
