Mr. Brain

Mr. Brain
Genre	drama, mystery, comedy
Written by	Mitsuharu Makita, Yoshiko Morishita
Directed by	Katsuo Fukuzawa, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Daisuke Yamamuro
Starring	Takuya Kimura
Opening theme	"Jump" by Van Halen
Composer(s)	Yugo Kanno
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer(s)	Akihiko Ishimaru, HidenoriIyoda
Release
Original network	TBS
Original release	23 May 2009 – 11 July 2009
External links
Website

Mr. Brain is a Japanese television drama broadcast by TBS from 23 May to 11 July 2009.

Synopsis

Ryusuke Tsukumo 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.

Cast

• Takuya Kimura as Ryusuke Tsukumo
• Haruka Ayase as Kazune Yuri
• Hiro Mizushima as Toranosuke Hayashida
• Sei Hiraizumi as Junpei Funaki
• Osamu Shitara as Junichi Kanda
• Shigenori Yamazaki as Koichi Ochi
• Shiho as Mariko
• Yukina Kinoshita as the cleaning lady
• Shunya Isaka as Katsumi Namikoshi
• Yasufumi Hayashi as Kiyoshi Iwabuchi
• Katsuya Kobayashi as Ippei Seta
• Yuji Tanaka as Mitsuo Natsume
• Tortoise Matsumoto as Jotaro Nanba
• Mao Daichi as Miharu Sasa
• Teruyuki Kagawa as Tomomi Tanbara

External links

• Official website (Japanese)