Last Hope ep.1

Finally, Last Hope episode 1 review!!!

 

You can find english subbed episodes at Miyase-subs here at : http://miyase-subs.livejournal.com/. You need a livejournal account. After, you need to request to be a member of miyase-subs. Sadly, at the moment, membership is closed. The reason is that someone was selling their subbed videos on internet. If they change this and make it open again, to be a member, you have to press the "join community" at the top. You also need to leave a comment on their post "introduction #2" stating you will follow every rules. After you are accepted in their community, you will have access to their subbed Last Hope episodes (they have subbed 8 episodes at the moment). 

EDIT : It seems membership application is open again at miyase subs. 

Synopsis (From DramaWiki)

Inspired by the works of Nobel Prize winner Yamanaka Shinya, comes a medical suspense drama that focuses on the cutting-edge medical technology. Set in the infamous Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation hospital (IBRI), it tells the story of a medical team, that is made up of doctors from different fields of expertise, age-group and career aspirations. They are the last hope for all the terminally ill patients who are sent there. "What does it mean to live?", "What does it mean to save a patient?" and "How far is one supposed to go in the name of medical care?". These are the questions that trouble the team, as they slowly grow as an individual and as a team, helping each other overcome their complexes and their past.
Hatano Takumi is a qualified GP, and had thought of taking over his father's family practise. However, his father has other plans for him, and recommended him to join IBRI instead. Takumi is excellent at diagnosing a patient's illness, but he is considered an eccentric, due to his habit of dropping everything to have a snack on-the-dot at 3 o'clock. Unbeknownst to himself, he actually carries a secret from when he was a kid. When that secret is exposed, what will happen to Takumi?

Cast:

• Aiba Masaki as Hatano Takumi
• Tabe Mikako as Tachibana Ayumi/ Aitani Kiko
• Tanabe Seiichi as Takagi Junji
• Koike Eiko as Ogiwara Yukiyo
• Kitamura Yukiya as Soejima Masaomi
• Sakuraba Nanami as Tokita Maki
• Sugawara Daikichi as Kuramoto Shigeru
• Maeda Aki as Uda Tomoko
• Eguchi Noriko as Imai Mai
• Kamio Yu as Saito Kenji
• Kirishima Reika as Saito Hitomi
• Hirata Mitsuru as Hatano Kunio
• Takashima Masahiro as Naruse Tetsuji
• Kohinata Fumiyo as Komaki Toshiaki

My impressions

Last Hope, a medical drama following the life of 6 doctors who recently started working in a new hospital which accepts patients that could not be helped anywhere else. Their last hope lies within those 6 doctors. Those new doctors all have different personalities and background. An interesting aspect of drama is that it seems each doctors will have their own background story. There was a main medical case in the first episode. I suppose each episode will have one main case. I thought that the medical case was average, but I am very interested in the story of each doctors. I do judge medical drama more critically because of my field of study.

I have to admit that I did not expect too much of this one considering the difficulty of finding subtitles. It seems the story was interesting enough to keep me watching more. I don't recommend this if you are expecting interesting medical cases.