Dr. Coto’s Clinic, which premiered in 2003 as a series, is a human drama on a major scale that had viewers around Japan glued to their TV screens with its gripping stories. Now it returns after a year’s absence as a special drama. With the beautiful but sometimes treacherous nature of a distant Japanese island in the southern seas as its setting, this moving story uses problems of medical care to focus on family bonds and the bonds among human beings. When a person you love suddenly falls ill, what will the family do? …
A year has now passed since the arrival of the young physician Kensuke Goto (Dr. Coto) on Shikina Island, the southernmost island of the Japanese archipelago, the clinic he runs together with Ayaka and Wada is doing well. Ayaka’s parents are now considering the possibility of Ayaka’s marrying Dr. Coto, with the boss of the local fishermen involved in the situation.
It’s around this time that the island has its festival to pray for a good fishing catch, which results in several emergency cases at the clinic. After a very busy day at the clinic, Ayaka returns home, only to find that her mother has collapsed.