A touching true story which portrays a doctor who selflessly dedicated his personal fortune to spreading the smallpox vaccination for saving people's lives.
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The people behind it
Tori Matsuzaka
Kyoko Yoshine
Koji Yakusho
Takahiro Miura
Shohei Uno
Issei Okihara
Ryota Bando
Yu Hayashi
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