Jin (TV series)

Jin
Promotional poster
Also known as	JIN-仁-
Genre	Sci-fi medical Drama Fantasy
Based on	Jin by Motoka Murakami
Written by	Murakami Motoka (manga) Morishita Yoshiko
Directed by	Hirakawa Yuichiro Yamamuro Daisuke Kawashima Ryutaro
Starring	Takao Osawa Haruka Ayase Miki Nakatani Masaaki Uchino
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	22
Production
Producers	Ishimaru Akihiko Tsuru Masaaki
Production location	Japan
Running time	approximately 60 Minutes
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	11 October 2009 (2009-10-11) – 26 June 2011 (2011-06-26)

Jin (JIN-仁-) is a Japanese television drama series, first broadcast on TBS in 2009 and a second season in 2011. It is based on the Japanese manga series, Jin, written by Motoka Murakami.

It was one of the most popular dramas of the year and won many major awards.

The story follows a brain surgeon named Jin Minakata who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee, Miki, herself a doctor, lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he is knocked unconscious by a panicking patient 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 Kyōtarō Tachibana. Kyōtarō suffers a serious injury to the head while trying to protect him, but Jin manages to save his life despite a lack of proper medical equipment. Because of that, Kyōtarō's sister Saki begins taking an interest in Jin and becomes his assistant. Meanwhile, Jin is determined to find a way back to the present.

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. Shōzan is in a critical state after being attacked by the Shinsengumi. Jin is reluctant because curing Shozan would mean changing the course of history. However, Shōzan tells him that he too is involved in the “present”.

• Takao Osawa as Jin Minakata
• Haruka Ayase as Saki Tachibana
• Miki Nakatani as Miki Tomonaga / Nokaze
• Keisuke Koide as Kyōtarō Tachibana
• Yumi Asō as Ei Tachibana
• Masaaki Uchino as Ryōma Sakamoto
• Fumiyo Kohinata as Rintarō Katsu
• Takahiro Fujimoto as Kichinosuke Saigō
• Kazufumi Miyazawa as Isami Kondō
• Kazuyuki Asano as Hisashige Tanaka
• Tomoka Kurokawa as Princess Kazu
• Tetsuya Takeda as Kōan Ogata
• Masachika Ichimura as Shōzan Sakuma
• Kenta Kiritani as Yūsuke Saburi
• Hiromasa Taguchi as Jun'an Yamada
• Jirō Satō as Genkō Fukuda
• Atsuo Nakamura as Tatsugorō Shinmon

Ending:

• Aitakute Ima (逢いたくていま, Missing You Now) by Misia (Season 1)
• Itoshiki Hibi yo (いとしき日々よ, Oh Sweet Days) by Ken Hirai (Season 2)

• TBS "Jin" (Season 1) Official website
• TBS "Jin" (Season 2) Official website
• Drama Review: Jin (TBS, 2009), The Little Dorama Girl