Jin Season 1

Synopsis

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 Kyotaro. Kyotaro 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, Kyotaro'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.

Main Cast

Takao Osawa

Jin Minakata

Age : 56 | Popularity : 18%

Haruka Ayase

Saki Tachibana

Age : 39 | Popularity : 13%

Miki Nakatani

Miki Tomonaga / Nokaze

Age : 48 | Popularity : 11%

Keisuke Koide

Kyotaro Tachibana

Age : 40 | Popularity : 3%

Kenta Kiritani

Yusuke Saburi

Age : 44 | Popularity : 13%

Seiyo Uchino

Ryoma Sakamoto

Age : 55 | Popularity : 3%

Hiromasa Taguchi

Junan Yamada

Age : 56 | Popularity : 3%

Yumi Asou

Ei Tachibana

Age : 60 | Popularity : 8%

Episodes

Episode 1

11 October 2009 - The Touching Story of Love and Life Beyond Time and Space

A twenty-first century Japanese physician finds himself in mid-nineteenth century Japan and soon becomes involved in court intrigue and medical emergencies requiring his futuristic skills.

Episode 2

18 October 2009 - The Tragedy of Saving Lives

Having noticed a slight change in the photo of his fiancé and him, Jin wonders if saving Ryoma has altered the future. He decides to try to stay out of events in the village to prevent anymore changes. However, as cholera sweeps the village, the medicine men call upon Jin to give them the cure. He tells them that he does not know. As hard as he tries to stay neutral, Jin's decision is challenged when Kiichi, the son of the woman he saved, becomes ill. Saki confronts him, as he asks her to return to her home. However, his fondness for the boy, changes his mind.

Episode 3

25 October 2009 - Separate Futures...

Now that Jin has Koan Ogata, the supervisor of the Western Medicinal Office for the village, and his team on his side, Jin begins to create a large-scale plan. He asks if rubber hoses exist and if a syringe needle can be made to create an IV drip. The town begins to make saline solution, sterilize everything with alcohol, and burying waste and burnt clothes in large ditches. Ryoma takes it upon himself to be the leader of waste disposal. Jin teaches the doctors how to administer an IV drip. Kiichi and Yamada recover. Jin suddenly becomes sick and has delusions while ...

Episode 4

01 November 2009 - A Reunion of Fate and Tragedy

It is now winter of 1862. Jin had confessed to Saki that he is from the future. However, she has gone about as if nothing has happened. Kiichi is an apprentice at Daikichi's shop. Ryoma has become Katsu's student, while Kyotaro is his secretary. Jin is lecturing at the Western Medical office, with Saki in attendance and Ogata as his most fervent and out-spoken student. One day, as Jin is creating a tool that could drill a hole in a patient's skull, he and Saki get too close. She jumps away and asks him what he wants for dinner. She agrees to make him a special dish.

Episode 5

08 November 2009 - Birth of the Drug that is a Sin Against God

After the check-up with Oyoji, Courtesan Nokaze asks Jin to see another patient. He discovers a former courtesan in the last stages of syphilis. There is no cure, since penicillin has not yet been discovered. Jon tries to persuade the rest of the prostitutes at the brothel to accept to an examination for signs of syphilis. However, they call him a pervert and refuse. Feeling defeated for his inability to help Courtesan Nokaze, Jin suddenly recalls the first meeting with Miki. She presented him with the procedure to create penicillin. He immediately seeks the help of ...

Episode 6

15 November 2009 - If I Live...

With Jin's growing popularity, the Study of Medicine Office find him a threat to their livelihood and status as the medical authority. A surgical instrument of Saburi's is found in the room of a murdered prostitute. The doctors at the Study of Medicine Office use it to their advantage to accuse Saburi of murder. He confesses that he's had an agreement to do autopsies at the Yoshiwara in exchange for a proper burial for the prostitutes. Ogata takes responsibility and resigns. However, Jin decides it would be best if he resigned instead to keep Ogata as head of the ...

Episode 7

22 November 2009 - A Will that Lives On

It is 1863. Jin recognizes that it is the beginning of the Bakumatsu period. Ryoma, (a prominent historical figure who fights for the creation of a modern government, to prevent colonization), has been sent to build a strong navy. Kiichi's mother, Tae, is severely burnt by hot oil. Jin is summoned and prepares to do a skin graft. He asks Ogata for lots of penicillin to prevent infection. Since the factory was destroyed, Yamada has been in charge of restarting the production. Ogata invites a friend, Hamaguchi, to observe the surgery. As the surgery is about to end, ...

Episode 8

29 November 2009 - The Hands of History Change

Kyotaru sells his late father's treasured tea cups to buy a pair of glasses for Hatsune, a prostitute he first met while guarding Jin at Yoshiwara. With Ogata dead, Jin must prove his worthiness for Hamaguchi to fund making a more potent penicillin. Jin goes to Yoshiwara to see another ill prostitute, Hatsune. A local doctor performed an abortion that caused blood-poisoning. The penicillin is not potent enough. They must try to find immediate funding for a new production a much more potent dose. A male actor, who plays theatrical female roles, is asked to loan the ...

Episode 9

06 December 2009 - Judgement of a Cruel God

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 10

13 December 2009 - Sakamoto Ryoma, Assassination...

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 11

20 December 2009 - The End of Time Slip... The Story that Goes Beyond Time-Space is Now!

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Keiko Morishita
Directing	Director	Yuichiro Hirakawa
Department	Role	Name

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