Jin 2

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Drama: 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 Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

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 (Seiyo 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.

Notes

Related titles:
1. Jin (TBS / 2009)
2. Jin 2 (TBS / 2011)
3. Dr. Jin | Doctor Jin (MBC / 2012)

Cast



Takao Osawa	Haruka Ayase	Miki Nakatani	Miki Nakatani	Seiyo Uchino
Jin Minakata	Saki Tachibana	Nofu	Mirai Tomonaga	Ryoma Sakamoto



Keisuke Koide	Yumi Asou	Kenta Kiritani	Hiromasa Taguchi	Jiro Sato
Kyotaro Tachibana	Ei Tachibana	Yusuke Saburi	Junan Yamada	Genkou Fukuda



Kazuyuki Aijima	Tatsuhito Okuda	Fumiyo Kohinata	Masachika Ichimura	Takahiro Fujimoto
Antaku Taki	Ryojun Matsumoto	Kaishu Katsu	Sakuma Shozan	Saigo Takamori



Ryuta Sato	Kamejiro Ichikawa	Kazufumi Miyazawa	Mami Hashimoto	Masaki Izawa
Shusuke Azuma	Shintaro Nakaoka	Kondo Isami	Akane	Kiichi



Kenjiro Ishimaru	Atsuo Nakamura	Hisashi Yoshizawa	Tomoka Kurokawa
Goryo Hamaguchi	Tatsugoro Shinmon	Tanosuke Sawamura	Princess Chikako Kazunomiya

Additional Cast Members:

Yoko Asaji - grandmother figure
Yasufumi Hayashi - Genzui Kusaka (ep.1)
Kazuki Harada - (ep.1)
Takashi Ukaji - (ep.2,3)
Kazue Ito - (ep.2)
Gajiro Satoh - (ep.2-3)
Tamaki Ogawa - Megumihime (ep.4)
Chieko Iinuma - girl's mother (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)
Keiji Hirahata - (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 Miyakawa - 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)
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%
Average		--

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Z Mar 05 2020 12:36 am just watched this shows (both season 1 and 2), it was so "touching" dorama, especially for me, because im not into "drama" thing. Ending so epic, so satisfied. all actors and actresses did great, and there are many dialects of Japanese.

drama fan Apr 27 2014 3:45 am Awesome drama!

Misty Dec 01 2013 3:59 am You are so interesting! I do not believe I've read anything like that before. So wonderful to discover someone with a few unique thoughts on this subject matter. Seriously.. thanks for starting this up.

This web site is one thing that is required on the web, someone with some originality!

farez syinon 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 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 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 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 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.

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