Jin (2009)

Episode 1 - Episode 1

October 11, 2009 • 45 minutes

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

Episode 2 - Episode 2

October 18, 2009 • 45 minutes

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

Episode 3 - Episode 3

October 25, 2009 • 45 minutes

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

Episode 4 - Episode 4

November 1, 2009 • 45 minutes

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.

Episode 5 - Episode 5

November 8, 2009 • 45 minutes

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

Episode 6 - Episode 6

November 15, 2009 • 45 minutes

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

Episode 7 - Episode 7

November 22, 2009 • 45 minutes

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.

Episode 8 - Episode 8

November 29, 2009 • 45 minutes

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.

Episode 9 - Episode 9

December 6, 2009 • 45 minutes

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

Episode 10 - Episode 10

December 13, 2009 • 45 minutes

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

Episode 11 - Episode 11

December 20, 2009 • 45 minutes

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

Episode 1 - Episode 1

April 17, 2011 • 106 minutes

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.

Episode 2 - Episode 2

April 24, 2011 • 46 minutes

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

Episode 3 - Episode 3

May 1, 2011 • 46 minutes

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.

Episode 4 - Episode 4

May 8, 2011 • 51 minutes

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.

Episode 5 - Episode 5

May 15, 2011 • 46 minutes

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.

Episode 6 - Episode 6

May 22, 2011 • 51 minutes

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

Episode 7 - Episode 7

May 29, 2011 • 46 minutes

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.

Episode 8 - Episode 8

June 5, 2011 • 46 minutes

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.

Episode 9 - Episode 9

June 12, 2011 • 46 minutes

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.

Episode 10 - Episode 10

June 19, 2011 • 56 minutes

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.

Episode 11 - Episode 11

June 26, 2011 • 92 minutes

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