

The Heart of the Emergency Room
2024, Japanese. Directed by Takuro Adachi.
A variety of patients are brought in by ambulance 24 hours everyday. In Japan, ambulance as a part of municipal fire departments, do not charge for transportation to hospitals. Under the motto of "emergency care that never refuses," the Ekisaikai Hospital in Nagoya accepts everyone from the elderly with no relatives to those in need. However, the number of ambulances carrying critically ill patients reached a record high due to the pandemic. Patients rejected by other hospitals are pouring into the Ekisaikai Hospital, and the beds are filling up fast... Documentary filmmaker Takuro Adachi observes doctors and patients in various generations and background, and listens to their real voices.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 24 January 2024
- Original title
- その鼓動に耳をあてよ
- Country
- Japan
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The Heart of the Emergency Room isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 January 2024. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Heart of the Emergency Room?
The Heart of the Emergency Room (2024) was directed by Takuro Adachi.