Dear Doctor

Local Hero if the hero has secrets. A respected doctor serves a small, remote community with folksy charm, until a past scandal comes to light. Kōji Yakusho quietly dominates a film about reputation and shifting moral ground.

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Miwa Nishikawa directed Dear Doctor in 2009. See Miwa Nishikawa's full filmography, where to start with Miwa Nishikawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Miwa Nishikawa.

Dear Doctor was released in 2009 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.