Mr. Brain

MR. BRAIN
Genre	drama, mystery, comedy
Written by	Makita Mitsuharu, Morishita Yoshiko
Directed by	Fukuzawa Katsuo, Hirakawa Yuichiro, Yamamuro Daisuke
Starring	Takuya Kimura
Theme music composer	Kanno Yugo
Opening theme	JUMP by Van Halen
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer(s)	Ishimaru Akihiko, Iyoda Hidenori
Broadcast
Original channel	TBS
Original run	23 May 2009 – 11 Jul 2009
External links
Website

Mr. Brain (ミスター・ブレイン^?) is a Japanese television drama starting on TBS on 23 May 2009.

Synopsis

Tsukumo Ryusuke is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating matters.

Casts

Takuya Kimura(木村拓哉) as Tsukumo Ryusuke
Haruka Ayase as Yuri Kazune
Hiro Mizushima as Hayashida Toranosuke
Sei Hiraizumi as Funaki Junpei
Osamu Shitara as Kanda Junichi
Shigenori Yamazaki as Ochi Koichi
SHIHO as Mariko
Yukina Kinoshita as the cleaning lady
Shunya Isaka (井坂俊哉) as Namikoshi Katsumi
Yasufumi Hayashi as Iwabuchi Kiyoshi
Katsuya Kobayashi (小林克也) as Seta Ippei
Yuji Tanaka (田中裕二) as Natsume Mitsuo
Tortoise Matsumoto (トータス松本) as Nanba Jotaro
Mao Daichi as Sasa Miharu
Teruyuki Kagawa as Tanbara Tomomi

External links

Official website (Japanese)

Preceded by Godhand Teru (TV Series) (11/4/2009 - 16/5/2009)	TBS Monday 8pm Serial Dramas 土曜8時枠の連続ドラマ Mondays 21:00 - 21:54 (JST)	Succeeded by Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo (1/8/2009 - 26/9/2009)