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COLLECTION · Series · 2009

Jin

JIN - 仁 -

After awakening in the Edo era, a neurosurgeon uses his medical knowledge to help those around him while searching for a way back to the present day.

Source: TMDB
* 7.9 (39)DramaFantasyScience FictionJapan
Directors
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Countries
Japan
Studios
TBS
Age rating
TV-MA
Release
11/10/2009
Score
7.9 / 10 (39)

Awards and nominations

  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Best Drama
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Takao Osawa
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Uchino Masaaki
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Ayase Haruka
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Morishita Yoshiko
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Best Director
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — "Aitakute Ima" by MISIA
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Grand Prix
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Akihiko Ishimaru
  • Winner at 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards — Asia Award
  • Best Drama
  • Asia Award
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Seasons and episodes
Jin
Jin
11 episodes · 2009

The story follows a brain surgeon named Minakata Jin who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo Period. He is soon attacked by a samurai, but he escapes with the help of a man named…

Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2009-10-11 · 90 min

Suddenly finding himself in the Edo period, neurosurgeon Jin Minakata tries to return to the present day. But an oddly familiar stranger intervenes.

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2009-10-18 · 45 min

As Jin struggles to process the startling reality of his situation, a resurgence of a mysterious illness frightens residents across the city of Edo.

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2009-10-25 · 45 min

Just as Jin learns the shogunate will support his efforts to treat cholera patients with new techniques, he suddenly shows signs of infection.

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2009-11-01 · 45 min

Jin meets a courtesan with a striking resemblance to his fiancée in present-day Tokyo. She asks him to perform a life-saving operation on her father.

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2009-11-08 · 45 min

Jin takes on the ambitious task of producing penicillin to help Nokaze’s sister, a patient suffering terribly during the final stage of syphilis.

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2009-11-15 · 45 min

While visiting an eminent doctor of traditional medicine, Jin is pressed about his medical background — and soon gets an opportunity to prove himself.

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2009-11-22 · 45 min

When Jin learns of a patient with a terrible burn, he wants to help her. But the treatment requires a skin graft and a large amount of penicillin.

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2009-11-29 · 45 min

Nokaze asks Jin to treat a sick courtesan, but he needs stronger penicillin to cure her. Kyotaro gets an idea to secure the funds required to make it.

Episode 9
Episode 9. Episode 9
2009-12-06 · 45 min

With both Nokaze and Saki developing strong romantic feelings for Jin, bells ring out across Edo warning of a dangerous fire engulfing the city.

Episode 10
Episode 10. Episode 10
2009-12-13 · 45 min

When Jin visits Yoshiwara to examine Nokaze before her impending marriage, he notices something concerning during the exam but chooses to stay silent.

Episode 11
Episode 11. Episode 11
2009-12-20 · 45 min

Jin wonders whether Ryoma might have traveled into the future during their tumble from the cliff. Saburi and Jin reexamine Nokaze’s symptoms together.

Jin (Final)
Jin (Final)
11 episodes · 2011

Two years have passed since the last season. Jin and Saki develop a sweet confectionery that contains medicine for Saki's mother who has a severe case of beriberi. Meanwhile, Ryoma asks Jin to care for Kaishuu Katsu's mentor, Shozan Sakuma. Shozan is in a critical state after being attacked by the Shinsengumi. Jin is reluctant because curing Shozan would…

Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2011-04-17 · 106 min

Jin examines Saki’s ill mother after learning that she may have beriberi disease due to malnutrition. Ryoma arrives from Kyoto seeking Jin’s help.

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2011-04-24 · 46 min

Jin considers the risks of interfering with history by treating an imperial princess with suspected beriberi. An old acquaintance appears before him.

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2011-05-01 · 46 min

Locked away in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Jin endures harsh conditions and torture. Ryoma and Kyotaro fight to prove his innocence.

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2011-05-08 · 51 min

As the Jinyudo doctors continue trying to create penicillin in powder form, Taki asks Jin for help in treating a noblewoman from an important family.

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2011-05-15 · 46 min

Jin does all he can to help a renowned kabuki actor suffering from severe lead poisoning and limb paralysis to perform on stage one last time.

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2011-05-22 · 51 min

While visiting Nagasaki to teach other doctors about penicillin, Jin catches up with Ryoma but senses that something about him has changed.

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2011-05-29 · 46 min

After receiving a wedding invitation from Nokaze, Saki and Jin go to Yokohama for the occasion. But during the visit, Nokaze wants Jin to examine her.

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2011-06-05 · 46 min

As Ryoma fully devotes himself to achieving a return to imperial rule, Jin battles to protect the lives of both a struggling Nokaze and her child.

Episode 9
Episode 9. Episode 9
2011-06-12 · 46 min

As Jin rushes to Kyoto with Saki and Saburi to prevent Ryoma’s assassination, Kyotaro heads for the same destination with a very different mission.

Episode 10
Episode 10. Episode 10
2011-06-19 · 56 min

Jin, Saki and Saburi perform a major surgery to try and save Ryoma’s life. The Jinyudo doctors face charges of teaching how to create fake penicillin.

Episode 11
Episode 11. Episode 11
2011-06-26 · 92 min

Sensing he has little time left, Jin resolves to pass on his entire medical knowledge to the Jinyudo doctors. Kyotaro makes a difficult decision.

Cast by season
Takao Osawa
Takao Osawa
Jin Minakata
Haruka Ayase
Haruka Ayase
Saki Tachibana
Miki Nakatani
Miki Nakatani
Miki Tomonaga / Nokaze
Keisuke Koide
Keisuke Koide
Kyotaro Tachibana
Kenta Kiritani
Kenta Kiritani
Yusuke Saburi
Seiyo Uchino
Seiyo Uchino
Ryoma Sakamoto
Hiromasa Taguchi
Hiromasa Taguchi
Junan Yamada
Yumi Aso
Yumi Aso
Ei Tachibana
Fumiyo Kohinata
Fumiyo Kohinata
Katsu Kaishū
Naho Toda
Naho Toda
Saki Takaoka
Saki Takaoka
Naomasa Musaka
Naomasa Musaka
Tetsuya Takeda
Tetsuya Takeda
Katsuya Kobayashi
Katsuya Kobayashi
Erena Mizusawa
Erena Mizusawa
Aki Mizusawa
Aki Mizusawa
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Kazuyuki Aijima
Kazuyuki Aijima
Jiro Sato
Jiro Sato
Hisashi Yoshizawa
Hisashi Yoshizawa
Atsuo Nakamura
Atsuo Nakamura
Sanshō Shinsui
Sanshō Shinsui
Takahiro Fujimoto
Takahiro Fujimoto
Ryuta Sato
Ryuta Sato
Hidekazu Mashima
Hidekazu Mashima
Takeo Nakahara
Takeo Nakahara
Ennosuke Ichikawa
Ennosuke Ichikawa
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