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.
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: by Misia (Season 1) by Ken Hirai (Season 2)
Awards
Jin 1 Year Award Category Recipients Result 2010 63rd Television Drama Academy Awards Best Drama Best ActorTakao Osawa Best Supporting ActorUchino Masaaki Best Supporting ActressAyase Haruka Best ScriptwriterMorishita Yoshiko Best DirectorHirakawa Yuichiro, Yamamuro Daisuke, Kawashima Ryutaro Best Theme song"Aitakute Ima" by MISIA 3rd Tokyo Drama Awards Grand Prix Best Performance by an Actor Takao Osawa Best Producer Akihiko Ishimaru Asia Award
Jin 2 Year Award Category Recipients Result 2011 4th Tokyo Drama Awards Best Drama Best Supporting Actor Masaaki Uchino Asia Award Special Award Production Staff 69th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Drama Best Actor Takao Osawa Best Supporting ActorMasaaki Uchino Best Supporting Actress Ayase Haruka Best Screenwriter Morishita Yoshiko Best Director Hirakawa Yuichiro, Yamamuro Daisuke, Nasuda Jun
References
External links TBS "Jin" (Season 1) Official website TBS "Jin" (Season 2) Official website Review: Jin (TBS, 2009), The Little Dorama Girl