Anorexia, The Two Dark Doctors

Name: Anorexia, The Two Dark Doctors
Released: 1995-03-21
Cast: Kazuhiro Yamaji, Mika Doi, Junpei Takiguchi, Takaya Hashi, Takeshi Aono

Series: Black Jack

Season: Season 1

Episode Number: 4

Air Date: 03/21/1995

Duration: 50 min

Dr. Kiriko is shown to be a doctor who assists his clients to die. Black Jack is called in to help Michelle Rochasse, a movie actress who is visibly undernourished and weak, and unable to eat. After an exhaustive battery of tests Jack cannot identify the cause. Red blotches begin appearing on her skin, and she crashes her car, but she is saved by Dr. Kiriko. Jack examines Michelle and he is told by the film's director that Michelle's childhood friend, his sister Catina, developed similar symptoms before her death. The only common denominator is their childhood village of Anjou. On his way to Anjou Jack encounters the toxicologist, Dr. Kiriko who gives him information about chemical weapons from World War I stored near the village. Jack manages to isolate the parasite responsible and operates to remove it from Michelle’s brain, saving her life and enabling her to complete the movie