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. In 2024, the series began streaming internationally on Netflix.
Contents
Plot
Season 1
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.
Season 2
Two years after Jin arrives in Edo, he and Saki develop a sweet confectionery that contains medicine for Saki's mother who has a severe case of beriberi. Meanwhile, Ryōma asks Jin to care for Kaishū Katsu's mentor, Shōzan Sakuma. Shōzan is in a critical state after being attacked by the Shinsengumi. Jin is reluctant because curing Shōzan would mean changing the course of history. However, Shōzan tells him that he too is involved in the "present".
Cast
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
Music
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)