MR. BRAIN

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Drama: MR. BRAIN
Romaji: MR. BRAIN
Japanese: MR. BRAIN
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Daisuke Yamamuro
Writer: Mitsuharu Makita, Yoshiko Morishita
Network: TBS
Episodes: 8
Release Date: May 23 - June 11, 2009
Runtime: Saturday 20:00
TV Ratings: 20.5%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Takuya Kimura plays Ryusuke Tsukumo, a neurological scientist studying human nature at the Metropolitan Police Agency’s National Research Institute of Police Science. He tackles fundamental questions about human nature and overturns a few commonly-held beliefs along the way in a gripping mystery drama packed with plenty of emotional punch.

Ryusuke Tsukumo gets arrested himself for allegedly setting off an explosion. During his interrogation, he answers the questions using his keen sense of intellect and knack for deductive reasoning and turns the questions back on his interrogators, setting up inferences that point to a more likely suspect ...

Cast



Takuya Kimura	Haruka Ayase	Hiro Mizushima	Sei Hiraizumi	Osamu Shitara
Ryusuke Tsukumo	Kazune Yuri	Toranosuke Hayashida	Junpei Funaki	Junichi Kanda



Shigenori Yamazaki	Shunya Isaka	Yasufumi Hayashi	Katsuya Kobayashi	Yuji Tanaka
Koichi Ouchi	Katsumi Namikoshi	Kiyoshi Iwabuchi	Ippei Seta	Mitsuo Natsume



Tortoise Matsumoto	Mao Daichi	Teruyuki Kagawa	Yukina Kinoshita	Shiho
Jotaro Nanba	Miharu Sasa	Tomomi Tanbara	cleaning lady	Mariko

Additional Cast Members:

Kiyotaka Tanaka
Ebizo Ichikawa - Kohei Takei (ep1,7-8)
Keiko Toda - host club customer (ep.1)
Ryoko Hirosue - woman (ep.1)
Yusuke Santamaria - Tsutomu Funada (ep.1)
Masanobu Takashima - Kenzo Doi (ep.1)
Kotaro Shiga - Goichi Tsuchida (ep.1)
Kanji Tsuda - Kazuhiko Komine (ep.1)
Ryohei Abe - yakuza (ep.1)
Tomimasa Kikuguchi - detective (ep.1)
Tetta Sugimoto - Hideki Kojima (ep1,3,7)
Gackt - Teijiro Takegami (ep.2)
Yosuke Kawamura - detective (ep.2,5)
Yutaka Matsushige - Seiji Kishikawa (ep.2)
Yasuto Kosuda - ep.2
Sokyu Fujita - ep.2
Hiroaki Fukui - Hidekazu Takada (ep.2)
Satoshi Jinbo - Shusuke Tsumura (ep.2)
Hideo Ishiguro - Kozo Sugiyama (ep.2)
Yusuke Hirayama - Hideki Goto (ep.2)
Koyuki - Kumiko Miyase (ep.2)
Hiroyuki Onoue - crime lab member (ep2-3,5,7-8)
Kazuya Kamenashi‎ - Masakazu Wakui (ep.3)
Saki Aibu - Megumi Goto (ep.3)
Mantaro Koichi - Dr. Chihara (ep.3)
Toru Shinagawa - Shinichi Hyuga (ep.3)
Tatsuhito Okuda - Police commissioner (ep.3)
Tae Kimura - Jun Nakagawa (ep.4-5)
Takeru Satoh - Masaru Nakagawa (ep.4-5)
Hideki Togi - Hitoshi Yagi (ep.4-5)
Yuya Takayama - ep.4,5
Yukie Nakama - Kanako Akiyoshi (ep.5-6)
Shinji Rokkaku - Koichi Aoyama (ep5-6)
Yujiro Komura - ep.5
David Ito - Minoru Nishizaki (ep.5)
Yo Yoshida - Ryoko Sakamoto (ep.5-6)
Itsumi Osawa - Yuriko Matsushita (ep.5-6)
Ken Mitsuishi - Yoshiyuki Aizawa (ep.7-8)
Kazuma Suzuki - Shinichiro Ozaki (ep.7-8)
Takeshi Obayashi - Yozo Kawase (ep.7)
Takaya Kamikawa - Yosuke Kitazato (ep.7-8)
Meikyo Yamada - ep.7,8
Akira Hamada - Kohei Ozaki (ep.7-8)
Tsuyoshi Hayashi - ep.7
Shingo Katori - hijacker (ep.8)

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	01/16/2009	24.8%
02	01/23/2009	22.0%
03	01/30/2009	16.3%
04	02/06/2009	21.0%
05	02/13/2009	18.5%
06	02/20/2009	18.9%
07	02/27/2009	18.3%
08	03/06/2009	20.7%
Average		20.5%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

BlueDragon Jun 14 2020 11:34 pm Nakama Yukie's guesting is my favorite episode. She's so versatile and talented.

Terri KT Nov 23 2017 10:51 pm Does anyone know the title of the piano piece played in Season 4?

TT Oct 08 2017 6:20 pm Wonderful performance for Kimura! I love this drama.

Nora Aug 12 2016 10:20 am One of my favorite shows ever . I recommend it to people who like mystery , crime , science but in an interesting way . If you are looking for an all-talented-cast with a unique story this show is for you. I recommend( monsters) too shingo katori's drama . Enjoy

Shy Dec 23 2015 12:13 pm One of the best J drama all the time!!

OrangeSpark May 13 2015 12:56 pm This drama clearly is the best, is't funny and the plots are amazing and the plot twists, even the actors are great, if you guys haven't watched this drama yet, then do it now ;)

sarah Mar 08 2015 9:17 am I live this show... especially in episode 2.. takegami casa.. i don't know but i really like that episode...

nyan Feb 18 2015 5:58 am tsukumo's laugh is so amusing xD

katie Mar 15 2014 8:18 am lol i love how tsukumo cooperates with yuri and hayashida..they're my favorite characters..

Kurniawan Feb 22 2014 11:48 am Takuya Kimura is wonderful. he's very great actor in Nihon. :D

^_^ Jan 24 2014 9:49 pm Another cool drama! :D

Faye Casama Aug 14 2013 8:53 am please create more episodes of Mr. Brain, It's so cool..:)

Jayanth May 24 2013 5:40 pm A very good drama. Waiting eagerly for the sequel or a special episode.

Sasaki Oct 24 2012 5:03 am I like this drama.... though I thought it would be boring since its science and sumthing but I liked it. I don't know any of those actors/actresses in this drama but I think this is a good one... two thumbs up!

Aiza M Jun 29 2011 10:44 pm I just finished watching this days ago and I thought it was really fun and interesting to watch! :) I loved it! I'm looking forward to the season 2, are they going to film another season?? ^^,)

sumoni Jan 05 2011 2:45 am I really liked this one. His character was different from the other ones he plays. Although most of Kimura's characters are different. He chooses his roles well. Anyway, this drama was okay. I'm not really into science, so I don't like it that much. But for Kimura fans I highly recommend. He's like a japanese version of Dr. Who in his personality. I also agree with LinWei, Yukie did a fantastic job in her appearance. Completely upstaged everyone else in a very good way.

sasdf Dec 26 2009 7:13 am THIS SHOW SUCKS!

LinWei Sep 03 2009 7:47 am this seems to pick up only at ep.4 for me... not sure why, maybe it's because i've came to expect too much from a Kimura Takuya drama. there will most likely be a SP... or should i say, movie(since it's Kimura Takuya). definitely, with the Takei issue. Nakama Yukie acted really well on her guest appearance and Katori Shingo's appearance on the last part was a really nice touch with his comedic feel.

laladeda Jun 09 2009 8:37 am i already watched the 1st and 2nd episodes with the subs, it was funny, especially at the end of the 2nd episode. :)

Rapjocity May 24 2009 4:02 pm i cnt wait to watch it in subs

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