Jin 2
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User Rating
Current user rating: 94/100 (83 votes)
Profile
- TV Show: Jin 2
- Romaji: Jin 2
- Japanese: JIN-仁- (第２期）
- Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Daisuke Yamamuro, Jun Nasuda
- Writer: Motoka Murakami (manga), Yoshiko Morishita
- Network: TBS
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: April 17 - June 12, 2011
- Runtime: Sundays 21:00-21:54
- TV Ratings: 20.6%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
2 years has passed since surgeon Jin Minakata (Takao Osawa) first travelled back in time to the latter days of the Edo period.
In the Edo period, the disease beriberi (caused by a lack of vitamin B1) is rampant across Japan. Meanwhile, Saki Tachibana (Haruka Ayase) worries over the deteriorating health of her mother Ei (Yumi Asou). Her mother, who kicked Saki out of their home because of her refusal to go along with an arrange marraige, has now come down with beriberi. Jin attempts to treat her mother, but Saki's mother refuses treatment. Jin thinking of medical treatments decides to use donuts from the present day as treatment for beriberi.
Meanwhile, Ryoma Sakamoto (Masaaki Uchino) comes to Jin and asks him to treat wounded Sakuma Shozan (Masachika Ichimura), who go on to become an important historical figure in Japan. Jin worries over his actions and whether saving an important historical figure could alter history. Jin also encounters a surprise when he treats Sakuma Shozan.
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Cast
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| Takao Osawa | Haruka Ayase | Miki Nakatani | Miki Nakatani | Masaaki Uchino |
| Jin Minakata | Saki Tachibana | Nofu | Mirai Tomonaga | Ryoma Sakamoto |
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| Keisuke Koide | Yumi Asou | Kenta Kiritani | Hiromasa Taguchi | Jiro Sato |
| Kyotaro Tachibana | Ei Tachibana | Yusuke Saburi | Junan Yamada | Genkou Fukuda |
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| Kazuyuki Aijima | Tatsuhito Okuda | Fumiyo Kohinata | Masachika Ichimura | Takahiro Fujimoto |
| Antaku Taki | Ryojun Matsumoto | Kaishu Katsu | Sakuma Shozan | Saigo Takamori |
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| Ryuta Sato | Kamejiro Ichikawa | Kazufumi Miyazawa | Mami Hashimoto | Masaki Izawa |
| Shusuke Azuma | Shintaro Nakaoka | Kondo Isami | Akane | Kiichi |
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| Kenjiro Ishimaru | Atsuo Nakamura | Yu Yoshizawa | Tomoka Kurokawa |
| Goryo Hamaguchi | Tatsugoro Shinmon | Tanosuke Sawamura | Princess Chikako Kazunomiya |
Additional Cast Members:
- Yasufumi Hayashi - Genzui Kusaka (ep.1)
- Takashi Ukaji - (ep.2,3)
- Kazue Ito - (ep.2)
- Gajiro Satoh - (ep.2-3)
- Tamaki Ogawa - Megumihime (ep.4)
- Hidekazu Mashima - (ep.4,9-10)
- Makiya Yamaguchi - Kogoro Katsura (ep.4-6)
- Machiko Kochi - Ryo Narasaki (ep.4)
- Rina Hatakeyama - Ohatsu (ep.4-5)
- Toshihide Tonesaku - Ohatsu's father (ep.4-5)
- Kaito Oyagi - Yokichi (ep.5)
- Takeru Shibuya - (ep.5)
- Kazuyuki Asano - Hisashige Tanaka (ep.6-8)
- Takeo Nakahara - (ep.6-9)
- Naomasa Musaka - Hikosaburo Suzuya (ep.7)
- Ichirota Miyagawa - Shojiro Goto (ep.7-8)
- Kanji Tsuda - Sakakibara (ep.9-11)
- Shigeru Muroi - Otose (ep.10)
- Koji Yamamoto - Gen Noguchi (ep.11)
- Chiaki Hara - Hiromi (ep.11)
- Shigeyuki Totsugi - Dr.Sugita (ep.11)
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Episode Ratings
| Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
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| 01 | 04/17/2011 | 23.7% |
| 02 | 04/24/2011 | 18.4% |
| 03 | 05/01/2011 | 20.4% |
| 04 | 05/08/2011 | 20.7% |
| 05 | 05/15/2011 | 20.8% |
| 06 | 05/22/2011 | 18.8% |
| 07 | 05/29/2011 | 18.8% |
| 08 | 06/05/2011 | 18.7% |
| 09 | 06/12/2011 | 19.2% |
| 10 | 06/19/2011 | 21.1% |
| 11 | 06/26/2011 | 32.1% |
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Source: Video Research, Ltd.
farez syinon Says:
Dec 14 2011 8:57 am
I just want to say, the ending is epic! Like seriously epic. Maybe it doesn't go like what most people would want it to (Jin goes back to that Edo Jidai etc) but for me, it ends perfectly.
Grandmalee Says:
Aug 20 2011 12:31 am
Jin 1 allowed more room for viewer imagination, and the use of intersecting images of the human embryo, the kaleidoscope, etc. was very effective in creating suspense and interest. Jin 2 was good, too, but not as persuasive as its predecessor. One reason, I think, is because it tried too hard to reconcile the story with historical events like Sakamoto Ryoma's death; hence, the reference to late Tokugawa events was a bit heavy-handed and distracting.
I didn't like Takao Osawa's performance as much in the sequel. He was exceptional in the first. Haruka Ayase should win some prizes again for her subtle and touching rendition of her role. Miki Nakatani was exquisite in Jin 1 (the parting scene in the last episode was truly memorable) but didn't get as much opportunity to demonstrate her craft in Jin 2.
I look forward to the day when Hong Kong TV companies can produce a drama series that approaches the quality of Jin. It's bold and daring of the Japanese production team to explain things by referring to chaos theory and the hypothesis of parallel universe. Would Hong Kong audiences be culturally sophisticated enough to tolerate, not to mention appreciate, something like this?
Tere Says:
Jul 26 2011 9:02 am
It's a very good drama, nice story, very good acting and cinematography, there are some lesson to learn and some "touching scenes", it's as good as the first one....=)
cathy Says:
Jun 11 2011 6:05 am
excellent drama , actresses are beautiful with natural looks .all casts are solid in acting , very interesting storyline and setting .
Michelle Says:
May 10 2011 6:51 pm
Anybody else shocked by Nakatani Miki's appearance? She looks like she had a lot of work done and she looks so old now. :-( It's sad because she looked perfectly fine before, she didn't need any plastic surgery.