The Thorns of Alice

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The Thorns of Alice

2014- 2014

1 Seasons

10 Episodes

8.1(5 votes)

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Drama

Mystery

Overview

Mizuno Asumi is a doctor at the University Hospital. Her only objective in life is to avenge the death of her father, a death caused by immoral and negligent doctors.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Juri Ueno

Asumi Mizuno

Joe Odagiri

Yusuke Nishimon

Chiaki Kuriyama

Miwa Hoshino

Norika Fujiwara

Risa Date

Aoi Nakamura

Yuma Gendai

Naoki Tanaka

Junichi Chihara

Koichi Iwaki

Shuichi Gendai

Jun Kunimura

Tsuyoshi Arima

Baijaku Nakamura

Kazufumi Mizuno

Asumi Kikuchi

Young Asumi

Creative team

Produced by: Mahoko Takanari
Masanao Takahashi

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