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)