Jin

2009-10-11 · 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.

S01 E01 · 2009-10-11 · 90 min

Episode 1

Suddenly finding himself in the Edo period, neurosurgeon Jin Minakata tries to return to the present day. But an oddly familiar stranger intervenes.

S01 E02 · 2009-10-18 · 45 min

Episode 2

As Jin struggles to process the startling reality of his situation, a resurgence of a mysterious illness frightens residents across the city of Edo.

S01 E03 · 2009-10-25 · 45 min

Episode 3

Just as Jin learns the shogunate will support his efforts to treat cholera patients with new techniques, he suddenly shows signs of infection.

S01 E04 · 2009-11-01 · 45 min

Episode 4

Jin meets a courtesan with a striking resemblance to his fiancée in present-day Tokyo. She asks him to perform a life-saving operation on her father.

S01 E05 · 2009-11-08 · 45 min

Episode 5

Jin takes on the ambitious task of producing penicillin to help Nokaze’s sister, a patient suffering terribly during the final stage of syphilis.

S01 E06 · 2009-11-15 · 45 min

Episode 6

While visiting an eminent doctor of traditional medicine, Jin is pressed about his medical background — and soon gets an opportunity to prove himself.

S01 E07 · 2009-11-22 · 45 min

Episode 7

When Jin learns of a patient with a terrible burn, he wants to help her. But the treatment requires a skin graft and a large amount of penicillin.

S01 E08 · 2009-11-29 · 45 min

Episode 8

Nokaze asks Jin to treat a sick courtesan, but he needs stronger penicillin to cure her. Kyotaro gets an idea to secure the funds required to make it.

S01 E09 · 2009-12-06 · 45 min

Episode 9

With both Nokaze and Saki developing strong romantic feelings for Jin, bells ring out across Edo warning of a dangerous fire engulfing the city.

S01 E10 · 2009-12-13 · 45 min

Episode 10

When Jin visits Yoshiwara to examine Nokaze before her impending marriage, he notices something concerning during the exam but chooses to stay silent.

S01 E11 · 2009-12-20 · 45 min

Episode 11

Jin wonders whether Ryoma might have traveled into the future during their tumble from the cliff. Saburi and Jin reexamine Nokaze’s symptoms together.

2011-04-17 · 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. Shozan 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, Shozan tells him that he too is involved in the “present”.

S02 E01 · 2011-04-17 · 106 min

Episode 1

Jin examines Saki’s ill mother after learning that she may have beriberi disease due to malnutrition. Ryoma arrives from Kyoto seeking Jin’s help.

S02 E02 · 2011-04-24 · 46 min

Episode 2

Jin considers the risks of interfering with history by treating an imperial princess with suspected beriberi. An old acquaintance appears before him.

S02 E03 · 2011-05-01 · 46 min

Episode 3

Locked away in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Jin endures harsh conditions and torture. Ryoma and Kyotaro fight to prove his innocence.

S02 E04 · 2011-05-08 · 51 min

Episode 4

As the Jinyudo doctors continue trying to create penicillin in powder form, Taki asks Jin for help in treating a noblewoman from an important family.

S02 E05 · 2011-05-15 · 46 min

Episode 5

Jin does all he can to help a renowned kabuki actor suffering from severe lead poisoning and limb paralysis to perform on stage one last time.

S02 E06 · 2011-05-22 · 51 min

Episode 6

While visiting Nagasaki to teach other doctors about penicillin, Jin catches up with Ryoma but senses that something about him has changed.

S02 E07 · 2011-05-29 · 46 min

Episode 7

After receiving a wedding invitation from Nokaze, Saki and Jin go to Yokohama for the occasion. But during the visit, Nokaze wants Jin to examine her.

S02 E08 · 2011-06-05 · 46 min

Episode 8

As Ryoma fully devotes himself to achieving a return to imperial rule, Jin battles to protect the lives of both a struggling Nokaze and her child.

S02 E09 · 2011-06-12 · 46 min

Episode 9

As Jin rushes to Kyoto with Saki and Saburi to prevent Ryoma’s assassination, Kyotaro heads for the same destination with a very different mission.

S02 E10 · 2011-06-19 · 56 min

Episode 10

Jin, Saki and Saburi perform a major surgery to try and save Ryoma’s life. The Jinyudo doctors face charges of teaching how to create fake penicillin.

S02 E11 · 2011-06-26 · 92 min

Episode 11

Sensing he has little time left, Jin resolves to pass on his entire medical knowledge to the Jinyudo doctors. Kyotaro makes a difficult decision.