Jin (TV series)

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Jin (TV series) is a Japanese sci‑fi medical drama based on Motoka Murakami’s manga Jin. It aired on TBS in 2009 (Season 1) and 2011 (Season 2), totaling 22 episodes. The show follows a brain surgeon who time travels to the Edo period and Must find a way back to his own era while dealing with history.

Plot
- Season 1: Jin Minakata, a surgeon, is knocked into the past and wakes up in Edo-era Japan. He is rescued with help from Kyōtarō Tachibana, who is badly injured in the process. Saki Tachibana becomes Jin’s assistant as he tries to save lives and figure out how to return home.
- Season 2: Two years later in Edo, Jin and Saki develop a medicinal confection to help Saki’s mother who has beriberi. Ryōma Sakamoto asks Jin to treat Shōzan Sakuma, but saving him could change history. Jin faces the moral dilemma of altering the past.

Cast (highlights)
- Takao Osawa as Jin Minakata
- Haruka Ayase as Saki Tachibana
- Miki Nakatani as Miki Tomonaga / Nokaze
- Keisuke Koide as Kyōtarō Tachibana
- Masaaki Uchino as Ryōma Sakamoto
- Fumiyo Kohinata as Katsu Kaishū
- Masachika Ichimura as Shōzan Sakuma

Music
- Ending songs include MISIA’s Aitakute Ima (Season 1) and Ken Hirai’s Itoshiki Hibi yo (Season 2).

Awards and reception
- Jin was a popular and award-winning drama, earning major honors at the Tokyo Drama Awards and Televisión Drama Academy Awards. It won Best Drama, Best Actor (Takao Osawa), Best Supporting Actor (Masaaki Uchino), Best Supporting Actress (Haruka Ayase), Best Screenwriter (Yoshiko Morishito), Best Director, and Best Theme Song in its seasons, among others. It also received recognition at the Asia Awards and related ceremonies.

Availability
- In 2024, Jin began streaming internationally on Netflix, making the series accessible to a wider audience outside Japan.

Production notes
- Two seasons, 22 episodes total, with episodes roughly 60 minutes each. The drama is produced in Japan and originally aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). The story is based on the Jin manga by Motoka Murakami.