Playwright Kunio Kishida's 1938 novel "Danryu" will be turned into a daytime drama series on TBS. The series will run for 55 episodes, airing every weekday at 1:30pm, beginning on April 16.

"Danryu" is a romance story set in a hospital. It has previously been adapted three times as a film and four times as a television drama. The last adaptation of the work was produced 31 years ago.

Actress Yasue Sato will play the lead role as Keiko Shima, a doctor with a strong sense of justice who has returned from studying in the U.S. Jundai Yamada will appear as the lawyer Hibiki who is involved in rebuilding the hospital. Masaomi Kondo, who played one of Keiko's colleagues in a previous drama adaptation of the work, will now play Keiko's father, the director of the hospital.

Miho Konishi, Yasukaze Motomiya, and Mari Henmi will also appear in the series.