Black Forceps ( Japanese: ブラックペアン), also known as "Black Pean" or "Black Paean", is a Japanese drama based on the book "Black Pean 1988" by author Takeru Kaidō . [1] It aired in April 2018 on TBS Television (Japan).
A sequel, based on the books "Blaze Mes 1990" [2] and "Cerisier Center 1991" [3] by the same author, [4] is scheduled to air in July 2024.
Tojo University Hospital is known for having high success in its Surgery Department. Its Director, Professor and heart surgeon Seigō Saeki has implemented the "Saeki Procedure", [5] which is a heart surgery without stopping it. He has been considered as a candidate for President of the Japanese Society of Cardiac Surgery, as is his rival, Keisuke Nishizaki, Director of Surgery of Teika University. [6] Nishisaki considers he is better for the position and schemes to bring down Tojo's fame to achieve it. For that, he sends surgeon Gonta Takashina, fervient user of the latest devices, to Tojo. [7]
In Tojo, Takashina will face Seishirō Tokai, a genius surgeon whose (non-mechanical) surgical technique has a 100% of success, but whose attitude alienates everyone around him.
Six years have passed since the last encounter with Tokai. Tojo's medical crew has continued to grow and improve, including Tokai's "rival", Takashina, promoter of the "Snipe" medical device, formerly of Teika, now a part of Tojo.
Saeki, creator of the world-famous Saeki surgery technique, is now Tojo University Hospital's director. He aims for the position of president of the Japanese Medical Association, pinnacle of research medicine in Japan, and plans to open a wing at Tojo that specializes in cardiac surgery. He has heard about Yukihiko Amagi, a devilish, world-renowned genius surgeon that works in the Heart Center in Australia's Gold Coast, and wants him for his team.
Sera, former resident and an assistant to Tokai, now a full-fledged cardiac surgeon, is in charge of getting to Amagi, who is, eerily, a Tokai doppleganger. [8] Sera is to deliver a letter from Saeki to Amagi. [9]
Doctor Seigo Saeki, professor and director of the Cardiac Surgery department at Tojo University Hospital, is renown for his method called "Saeki Procedure", in which he operates on the heart of the patient without stopping it. His rival from Teika University, Professor Keisuke Nishizaki, who is seeking the post president of the Japan Surgical Society, as is Saeki, has gone to Tojo, as have clinical trial coordinator Kaori Kinoshita and editor-in-chief of the medical journal Hideto Ikenaga, to watch Saeki in action, when a sudden emergency arises. Saeki sends a team to another operating room to attend that patient, but when his condition worsens, surgeon Seishiro Tokai, appears and finishes the operation, surprising doctor and lecturer Gonta Takashina. [22] Tokai, who's called the "Devil of the operating room", has only one condition to do it: that the operating doctor submit his resignation letter and give him 10 million yen as compensation.
Takashina, who had been sent to Tojo by Nishizaki to promote the use of the "Snipe" medical device, has operated on a couple of patients with it, to prove the benefits of its use, but fails the 2nd surgery due to the patient's pre-existing condition, which was resolved by Tokai, after resident Sera begged him to (and got forced to work "for life" for Tokai), since it was his patient. On another day, Tokai works on patient Koyama to save his life, but he still needs another surgery to replace his mitral valve. Takashina suggests using the Snipe for it. [23]
"Kono Michi o", theme song for the drama, was written by Kazumasa Oda. The song was included in a single, released on May 2. [24] [25]
Soundtrack for the series was written by composer Hideakira Kimura . [26]
Oda returns with "Sono saki ni aru mono", theme song for season 2 (2024), that has chorus by actress Takako Matsu and Triceratops member Shō Wada. [27] [28] [29]
Use of the Da Vinci robot (named in the drama as Darwin) was shown in episode 5. Newhart Watanabe International Hospital, a pioneer in da Vinci surgery for the heart in Japan, was used as background for the drama, with Dr. Gou Watanabe providing technical support. [30] [31]
Black Forceps ( Japanese: ブラックペアン), also known as "Black Pean" or "Black Paean", is a Japanese drama based on the book "Black Pean 1988" by author Takeru Kaidō . [1] It aired in April 2018 on TBS Television (Japan).
A sequel, based on the books "Blaze Mes 1990" [2] and "Cerisier Center 1991" [3] by the same author, [4] is scheduled to air in July 2024.
Tojo University Hospital is known for having high success in its Surgery Department. Its Director, Professor and heart surgeon Seigō Saeki has implemented the "Saeki Procedure", [5] which is a heart surgery without stopping it. He has been considered as a candidate for President of the Japanese Society of Cardiac Surgery, as is his rival, Keisuke Nishizaki, Director of Surgery of Teika University. [6] Nishisaki considers he is better for the position and schemes to bring down Tojo's fame to achieve it. For that, he sends surgeon Gonta Takashina, fervient user of the latest devices, to Tojo. [7]
In Tojo, Takashina will face Seishirō Tokai, a genius surgeon whose (non-mechanical) surgical technique has a 100% of success, but whose attitude alienates everyone around him.
Six years have passed since the last encounter with Tokai. Tojo's medical crew has continued to grow and improve, including Tokai's "rival", Takashina, promoter of the "Snipe" medical device, formerly of Teika, now a part of Tojo.
Saeki, creator of the world-famous Saeki surgery technique, is now Tojo University Hospital's director. He aims for the position of president of the Japanese Medical Association, pinnacle of research medicine in Japan, and plans to open a wing at Tojo that specializes in cardiac surgery. He has heard about Yukihiko Amagi, a devilish, world-renowned genius surgeon that works in the Heart Center in Australia's Gold Coast, and wants him for his team.
Sera, former resident and an assistant to Tokai, now a full-fledged cardiac surgeon, is in charge of getting to Amagi, who is, eerily, a Tokai doppleganger. [8] Sera is to deliver a letter from Saeki to Amagi. [9]
Doctor Seigo Saeki, professor and director of the Cardiac Surgery department at Tojo University Hospital, is renown for his method called "Saeki Procedure", in which he operates on the heart of the patient without stopping it. His rival from Teika University, Professor Keisuke Nishizaki, who is seeking the post president of the Japan Surgical Society, as is Saeki, has gone to Tojo, as have clinical trial coordinator Kaori Kinoshita and editor-in-chief of the medical journal Hideto Ikenaga, to watch Saeki in action, when a sudden emergency arises. Saeki sends a team to another operating room to attend that patient, but when his condition worsens, surgeon Seishiro Tokai, appears and finishes the operation, surprising doctor and lecturer Gonta Takashina. [22] Tokai, who's called the "Devil of the operating room", has only one condition to do it: that the operating doctor submit his resignation letter and give him 10 million yen as compensation.
Takashina, who had been sent to Tojo by Nishizaki to promote the use of the "Snipe" medical device, has operated on a couple of patients with it, to prove the benefits of its use, but fails the 2nd surgery due to the patient's pre-existing condition, which was resolved by Tokai, after resident Sera begged him to (and got forced to work "for life" for Tokai), since it was his patient. On another day, Tokai works on patient Koyama to save his life, but he still needs another surgery to replace his mitral valve. Takashina suggests using the Snipe for it. [23]
"Kono Michi o", theme song for the drama, was written by Kazumasa Oda. The song was included in a single, released on May 2. [24] [25]
Soundtrack for the series was written by composer Hideakira Kimura . [26]
Oda returns with "Sono saki ni aru mono", theme song for season 2 (2024), that has chorus by actress Takako Matsu and Triceratops member Shō Wada. [27] [28] [29]
Use of the Da Vinci robot (named in the drama as Darwin) was shown in episode 5. Newhart Watanabe International Hospital, a pioneer in da Vinci surgery for the heart in Japan, was used as background for the drama, with Dr. Gou Watanabe providing technical support. [30] [31]