Film

Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul

1980 · 1h 40m · Drama

Hatsuko, a nurse who was put in charge of Room Zero in the pediatric ward, couldn't believe her eyes when she entered the room. There she found a boy named Tarou, 1 year and 4 months old, a lump of flesh with no human shape whatsoever. Hatsuko was so shocked that she even wanted to quit the hospital, but as she worked hard to nurse Tarou, who had never even been held by his own mother, she began to feel affection for him. Original work: "Pediatric Ward" by Egawa Haru

Kaori Momoi

Ryūzō Hayashi

Etsuko Ichihara

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Tanie Kitabayashi

Midori Kiuchi

Karin Yamaguchi

Minori Terada

Shiro Kishibe

• 祖父江信太郎Director
• Akira HayasakaScreenplay
• Haru EgawaNovel

Release date

December 3, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama