简介：涉谷实擅长改编文学作品，影评家佐藤忠男认为这是他的代表作兼杰作。故事改编自井伏鱒二的小说，通过医生八春先生这个人物，交织出战后一个个挣扎求存的灵魂与肉身。八春先生这天想放假去，但病人接连登门造访，打乱了他的如意算盘。婆婆的困恼、大兵的噩梦、女人的躁夫、男人的赌性...上门者除了有病，也带来各自的人生苦果，家事感情事一箩箩。涉谷实轻巧跳脱的让不同人物进出场景，彷彿用菲林来书写一页页生活的感想。
Dr. Minumo never gets a day off. In a bombed-out neighborhood after the war, the entire populace streams through the good doctor's office hoping he will solve their problems - physical, emotional and spiritual. Yanagi Eijiro gives a strong performance as the noble conscience at the center of these overlapping stories, embodying the idea of "healing" that a whole nation so desperately sought at this time. Adapted from stories by Ibuse Masuji (writer of Black Rain), Doctor's Day Off is equal parts funny and poignant, and is often called Shibuya's masterpiece.
- SummerIFF 2007
