Doctor's Day Off
1952, Japanese. Directed by Minoru Shibuya.
Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical emergency, followed by a woman who claims to have been molested. Then a yakuza arrives to ask the doctor to cut his finger off...
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 April 1952
- Original title
- 本日休診
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Ryōsuke Saitō
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Doctor's Day Off runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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Doctor's Day Off isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 1952. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Doctor's Day Off?
Doctor's Day Off (1952) was directed by Minoru Shibuya and stars Eijirō Yanagi, Rentaro Mikuni, Chikage Awashima.