Forbidden Practices — Season 1, Episode 1: The Unlicensed Doctor with an Immoral Scalpel and the Two Women Who Love Him

Episode synopsis

Aikawa Subaro, recent inhabitant of the lonely and remote island of Mikotojima, works as a clerk for the sole medical clinic on the island. The Director of the clinic, having taken a liking to Subaro, has been training him to give medical treatments. But as an unlicensed practitioner, what Subaro has been reluctantly doing is illegal. Still, with only one doctor on the island, not many are putting up a fuss. Just as Subaro begins a tentative relationship with the nurse Suzuki Akiko, another Akiko arrives on the island. Tasaka Akiko arrives by ship with several of her friends but seems distant and troubled; a sign Subaro quickly picks up on. But now that an emergency has come up and the sole doctor is gone, Subaro may have to prove his mettle sooner than expected.

About Forbidden Practices

Saburo works at a medical office on The Izu Islands, which has seen its population dwindle over the years. Even though Saburo doesn't have a medical license, he performs operations under the instructions of Dr. Muraki. Because of his gifted dexterity and sincerity, people call him the Young Doctor. Saburo becomes conflicted over his position, but he convinces himself that what he is doing is helping people. Saburo becomes is also loved by nurse Akiko Suzuki and Akiko Tasaka, who is the daughter of the director of a general hospital in Tokyo. ~~ Based on the novel "Kumo no Kaidan" by Junichi Watanabe.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Nurse VS Daughter! The Forbidden Love Triangle the Unlicensed Doctor Falls Into
• E3The Crisis of the Unlicensed Doctor When a Genuine Doctor Appears!
• E4The Unlicensed Doctor Goes to a Major Hospital! The Kiss of Betrayal and Ambition
• E5The False Wedding Ceremony... A Mother's Desperate Tears of Anxious Revival
• E6The Abandoned Woman's Revenge?! The Mysterious Document Exposing His True Nature
• E7A Doctor at Last... The Debacle of the Reckless Operation
• E8Do I Have the Qualifications to Save the Life of My Island Teacher?!
• E9Save My Wife and Fetus! The Last Operation Before My Arrest
• E10The Shocking Ending! The Place the Unlicensed Doctor Returns To