Seasons & episodes
S1 · E1Episode 1 2009-10-11 · 90 min
Suddenly finding himself in the Edo period, neurosurgeon Jin Minakata tries to return to the present day. But an oddly familiar stranger intervenes.
S1 · E2Episode 2 2009-10-18 · 45 min
As Jin struggles to process the startling reality of his situation, a resurgence of a mysterious illness frightens residents across the city of Edo.
S1 · E3Episode 3 2009-10-25 · 45 min
Just as Jin learns the shogunate will support his efforts to treat cholera patients with new techniques, he suddenly shows signs of infection.
S1 · E4Episode 4 2009-11-01 · 45 min
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.
S1 · E5Episode 5 2009-11-08 · 45 min
Jin takes on the ambitious task of producing penicillin to help Nokaze’s sister, a patient suffering terribly during the final stage of syphilis.
S1 · E6Episode 6 2009-11-15 · 45 min
While visiting an eminent doctor of traditional medicine, Jin is pressed about his medical background — and soon gets an opportunity to prove himself.
S1 · E7Episode 7 2009-11-22 · 45 min
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.
S1 · E8Episode 8 2009-11-29 · 45 min
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.
S1 · E9Episode 9 2009-12-06 · 45 min
With both Nokaze and Saki developing strong romantic feelings for Jin, bells ring out across Edo warning of a dangerous fire engulfing the city.
S1 · E10Episode 10 2009-12-13 · 45 min
When Jin visits Yoshiwara to examine Nokaze before her impending marriage, he notices something concerning during the exam but chooses to stay silent.
S1 · E11Episode 11 2009-12-20 · 45 min
Jin wonders whether Ryoma might have traveled into the future during their tumble from the cliff. Saburi and Jin reexamine Nokaze’s symptoms together.
S2 · E1Episode 1 2011-04-17 · 106 min
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.
S2 · E2Episode 2 2011-04-24 · 46 min
Jin considers the risks of interfering with history by treating an imperial princess with suspected beriberi. An old acquaintance appears before him.
S2 · E3Episode 3 2011-05-01 · 46 min
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.
S2 · E4Episode 4 2011-05-08 · 51 min
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.
S2 · E5Episode 5 2011-05-15 · 46 min
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.
S2 · E6Episode 6 2011-05-22 · 51 min
While visiting Nagasaki to teach other doctors about penicillin, Jin catches up with Ryoma but senses that something about him has changed.
S2 · E7Episode 7 2011-05-29 · 46 min
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.
S2 · E8Episode 8 2011-06-05 · 46 min
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.
S2 · E9Episode 9 2011-06-12 · 46 min
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.
S2 · E10Episode 10 2011-06-19 · 56 min
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.
S2 · E11Episode 11 2011-06-26 · 92 min
Sensing he has little time left, Jin resolves to pass on his entire medical knowledge to the Jinyudo doctors. Kyotaro makes a difficult decision.