Dr. DMAT (Japanese Television Drama)
Dr. DMAT is a Japanese television drama series that aired on the TBS network in 2014. The series centers on the operations of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), a specialized medical unit trained to provide emergency care in disaster-stricken areas. The show is based on the manga series Dr. DMAT: Gareki no Shita no Hippocrates, written by Hiroshi Takano and illustrated by Akio Kikuchi, which was first serialized in the magazine Super Jump starting in 2010.
Production and Broadcast
The series consists of 11 episodes and was broadcast on Thursday nights from January 9 to March 20, 2014. The production involved multiple directors, including Kenjiro Kuranuki, Ayato Matsuda, Hideki Hori, and Ryosuke Fukuda, with scripts developed by Ichiro Anabuki and Tomoko Yoshizawa.
Cast
The series features an ensemble cast led by Tadayoshi Okura as the protagonist, Hibiki Yakumo. Other primary cast members include:
- Ai Kato as Rin Yoshioka
- Miori Takimoto as Haruko Yakumo
- Yumi Asou as Kumiko Hasegawa
- Jiro Sato as Tatsuya Kozone
- Hosshan as Kazushi Murakami
- Satoru Matsuo as Takichiro Hanada
- Saori Takizawa as Sachiko Mizuno
- Yuya Takaki as Kenji Komatsu
- Tonpei Hidari as Raizou Yakumo
- Ken Ishiguro as Shusaku Sakuraba
- Jun Kunimura as Matsuichi Isezaki
- Mikako Ichikawa as Kumi Isezaki
Reception
The series achieved an average viewership rating of 6.9% in the Kanto region during its initial broadcast run.